Ebola only a plane ride away from USA

Click bait title. Ebola has been a plane ride away from the USA for quite some time (maybe a lay over or two). Ebola can't (currently) be transmitted via air.

Being stuck on a plane with somebody with a flu for 8 hours gives you a good chance of catching the flu. Even if you are in First class, and them in the last row of economy. This scenario happening with Ebola is nearly impossible unless you have an illicit rendezvous in the bathroom (or share a tooth brush).

The title is pretty shameless scaremongering. As horrible as Ebola is, it's rapid onset and the fact it can only be transmitted through bodily fluids mean it's unlikely to make it overseas and even less likely to cause an outbreak should an infected person return to the States.

What isn't a plane ride away from the US? The moon? The Earth's core?

I'm actually wondering about that now...