Almost half of Americans are avoiding air travel because of concerns about the Ebola virus.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released yesterday surveyed 1,577 Americans who were over 18-years-old about their concerns regarding the Ebola outbreak.
The poll found that 45 percent of people were avoiding air travel because of the deadly virus.
"I had plans to go to California in the winter but if Ebola is spreading (in the United States), I will not go," poll respondent Deena Greenebaum, 68, tells Reuters and Ipsos in an interview. "I will not go to the casinos, I will not go anywhere public. I will stay in my house in New Jersey."
She also added that a friend of hers also recently cancelled a trip to Paris in fears of catching Ebola duing air travel.
This week five of America's busiest airports began screening incoming flights from West Africa for Ebola, reports IB Times. These airports include Washington Dulles International, Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson, Newark's Liberty International, Chicago's O'Hare and New York's John F. Kennedy International.
