Given even a short period of time with a large enough population and the virus is bound to evolve. Going airborne (at least partially) is something that at least some strains can do, and once it does, its spread will be like the flu.
That which spreads better will survive better, and every body provides a petridish to discover flight.
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Edit: 2014-10-05
More info, too lazy right now to properly research this, but for now here is a copypasta of a convo I was having:
I'm not too sure about the genetics of this strain, but if the predictions are right, there will be millions infected, this gives the virus ample opportunity to evolve with humans humans (for the evolution of viruses and their hosts, look up the rabbit control virus in Australia, there is good research on it,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxomatosis). You will start to see humans dying later or not at all, but it will still be incredibly deadly (this is because propagation has a greater pressure than keeping the host alive in order to propagate). The biggest concern being that it will develop mechanisms to spread easier, and as research has shown, at least some strains (if not all) of Ebola is capable of being semi-airborne (like SARS, through large water droplets). At that point you will see an explosion of cases is a short period of time coming from a single region.
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