What is it that your family member sees as dangerously increasing the risk of getting Ebola?
Going to the UK (perhaps they think the UK is likely to be hit worse than wherever you are now)
Getting on an aeroplane (perhaps they are concerned by being in close proximity to other people)
Travelling at all (perhaps they want to minimize the number of different people they interact with)
I am far from being an expert and you shouldn’t trust me, but my handwavy judgement is the same as yours.
Possibly relevant Sequence article about the availability heuristic.
What is it that your family member sees as dangerously increasing the risk of getting Ebola?
Going to the UK (perhaps they think the UK is likely to be hit worse than wherever you are now)
Getting on an aeroplane (perhaps they are concerned by being in close proximity to other people)
Travelling at all (perhaps they want to minimize the number of different people they interact with)
I am far from being an expert and you shouldn’t trust me, but my handwavy judgement is the same as yours.
Possibly relevant Sequence article about the availability heuristic.