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African Woman Dies Of Ebola After Flight To London
Mirror - UK ^

Posted on 05/21/2006 3:13:29 PM PDT by traumer

KILLER BUG AIR SCARE

A WOMAN who arrived in London on a flight from Africa yesterday is reported to have died from the deadly and contagious ebola virus.

Panic has spread among cabin crew and hospital staff after the death of the 38-year-old Briton.

The unnamed woman is understood to work at an embassy in the African kingdom of Lesotho.

Before boarding a Virgin Atlantic flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow she visited a doctor complaining of flu-like symptoms.

She was allowed to fly, but during Flight VS602 to the UK she suffered a violent fit which left her unconscious.

Cabin crew and passengers rushed to her aid but towards the end of the flight she began to vomiting.

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When the Airbus A340-600, carrying 267 passengers and crew, touchdown at Heathrow she was rushed to nearby Hillingdon Hospital, West London.

Her symptoms matched those of the viral haemorraghing fever, ebola. The results of a post mortem are awaited.

Virgin Atlantic cabin crew who came into contact with the woman have been told to monitor their health. One said: "We are now terrified what we may have caught."

Deadly ebola is often characterised by the sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: africa; ebola; lesotho; outbreak; virginatlantic
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To: the invisib1e hand

Very contagious and not well understood.

In the case of ebola, the kill rate is sometimes in the 90% range which helps to prevent it's spread because it kills entire villages in Africa before it spreads much.


21 posted on 05/21/2006 3:24:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: traumer
Just the cabin crew? What about the person sitting next to her or just adjacent? I guess you have to actually touch her blood to get it.
22 posted on 05/21/2006 3:25:33 PM PDT by A knight without armor
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To: MikefromOhio

The progression is very rapid, like less than 48 hours from first symptoms to mopping up 15 liters of blood and other juices. Seems quite plausible to me.


23 posted on 05/21/2006 3:25:47 PM PDT by Toby06 (tagline suspended for the race.)
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To: WestCoastGal; MamaDearest; Cindy; Velveeta

Scary ping.


24 posted on 05/21/2006 3:26:29 PM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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To: Toby06

Belleding out every orifice? Sounds series.


25 posted on 05/21/2006 3:26:49 PM PDT by ItsForTheChildren
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To: jeremiah
US health officials stressed that there is no reason to restrict flights from other countries over health concerns" Back to our regularly scheduled program.

But has the FBI ruled out terrorism yet? BTW this is the second thread this week that sounds like a Tom Clancy novel.

26 posted on 05/21/2006 3:26:55 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: cripplecreek
I'm not one to get excited about these things but in the case of something like ebola, I think they should do more than simply monitor their own health.

Really bad reporting. There is no clue about whether, medically, anything beyond "monitoring one's own health" is possible, or effective ...

27 posted on 05/21/2006 3:27:16 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
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To: traumer

"Virgin Atlantic cabin crew who came into contact with the woman have been told to monitor their health."

Excellent, let them march around in the general population for a while until they develop the proper symptoms.


28 posted on 05/21/2006 3:27:48 PM PDT by headstamp (Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
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To: traumer

God have mercy.... Not one of those passengers should be walking in public.


29 posted on 05/21/2006 3:27:53 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: Toby06

It's fast, but I don't think it's quite THAT fast....


"The incubation period for Ebola HF ranges from 2 to 21 days. The onset of illness is abrupt and is characterized by fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat, and weakness, followed by diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain. A rash, red eyes, hiccups and internal and external bleeding may be seen in some patients.

Researchers do not understand why some people are able to recover from Ebola HF and others are not. However, it is known that patients who die usually have not developed a significant immune response to the virus at the time of death."

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola/qa.htm


30 posted on 05/21/2006 3:27:57 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Woohoo!! I'm on A List!!! yay!!!!)
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To: MikefromOhio
Ebola is contagious, but it's a blood/fluid borne virus.

So she's vomiting on the plane (let's hope she hit the air sick bag), and has a fit that left her unconcious. She was probably burning with fever (read sweating) . . . .plenty of fluid to go around in an enclosed environment.

31 posted on 05/21/2006 3:28:02 PM PDT by WIladyconservative
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To: neodad
BTW this is the second thread this week that sounds like a Tom Clancy novel.

I'm reading Executive Orders right now actually....
32 posted on 05/21/2006 3:28:32 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Woohoo!! I'm on A List!!! yay!!!!)
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To: WIladyconservative

yes that is a problem.

I don't know about the sweating being catagious or not, but it would be a good guess to NOT mess with it.

That plane should NEVER fly again.


33 posted on 05/21/2006 3:29:22 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Woohoo!! I'm on A List!!! yay!!!!)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

I guess the crew and passengers are on their own.

God help us when something starts that is highly contagious and we are too PC to quarantine first and then ask questions and test to see what is going on.


34 posted on 05/21/2006 3:29:26 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (Jr "I just go. I would feel awful if I got beat by who rode around to get the inversion~Win it baby!)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Ebola is not air borne(so far) but it is deadly contagious if you come in contact with the blood or vomit of the victim.


35 posted on 05/21/2006 3:29:45 PM PDT by calex59 (No country can survive multiculturalism. Dual cultures don't mix, history has taught us that!)
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To: traumer

We need to isolate the British and burn down their villages along with the french and belgiums.


36 posted on 05/21/2006 3:30:12 PM PDT by Porterville (Do Not Betray The President During A Time Of War-- Unless You Are A Traitor)
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To: MikefromOhio

it is known that patients who die usually have not developed a significant immune response to the virus at the time of death."

Now THAT is understatement.


37 posted on 05/21/2006 3:30:32 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: traumer
Cabin crew and passengers rushed to her aid but towards the end of the flight she began to vomiting.

Since it's only being "reported" and only that her symptoms "matched" ebola, it very well may not be ebola. Here's hoping the diagnosis was rumored and wrong.
38 posted on 05/21/2006 3:31:15 PM PDT by kenth
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To: MikefromOhio

Did you see this thread about the Chinese computers?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635442/posts


39 posted on 05/21/2006 3:31:24 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: VOA
There's one Airbus that should be either hermetically sealed and dropped into the Mariannas Trench. Or burned to the ground in the sands of Syria.

Nope, just spray the inside of it with bleach and the problem will be solved, outside of the body ebola is easy to kill.

40 posted on 05/21/2006 3:31:56 PM PDT by calex59 (No country can survive multiculturalism. Dual cultures don't mix, history has taught us that!)
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