US Ebola Threat: Five Key Takeaways From CDC Twitter Chat About The Ebola Outbreak

In an effort to inform an American public concerned about the spread of Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted an hourlong Twitter conversation Thursday to answer questions and dispense advice. Using the hashtag #CDCChat, participants tweeted a wide range of questions, but by far the greatest number concerned how Ebola has spread. Here are five points that CDC officials stressed multiple times during the conversation: