*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin…
Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!
Bring Out Your Dead
We’re gonna need 
a bigger cart plane!
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
I unfortunately fly frequently. I always cringe thinking about how dirty the planes really are. Luckily I’m in good health. But now with the horrid diseases ‘we’ are importing from Africa and Obama sending unscreened illegals all over the nation I am especially nervous. I’m hoping I can keep myself protected with an impermeable moat of the finest scotch that comes in 2 ounce bottles.
Turn time at the gate averages, maybe an hour, sometimes under 45 minutes.
This includes deplaning and boarding for the next flight. Go to a busy terminal during the day and sit at a gate area with a stopwatch and see for yourself.
How much cleaning on something the size of a 767 can be done in 20 minutes?
The aircraft do normally sit idle for 7 to 8 hours overnight, but they aren’t meticulously cleaned then, either. But they are cleaned better than during the day.
NEVER stick your hand in a seatback pocket.
Never.
I once flew on international flights two to three times a moth. All over the world and sometimes around it. I am so happy not to fly anymore but I do miss my adventures.
I watched the other passengers board and wondered which one was carrying the disease that would sicken or kill me. Especially when was in the terminals of West Africa and flights going or originating there.
The cabin crew would make their way down the aisles spraying disinfectant and deodorant. We laughed at the puny display and hoped that the disinfectant would work better than the deodorant because it didn’t work at all. The disinfectant could not have been very strong because you couldn’t smell it and it never bothered anyone so far as I could tell.
Used to be that your rights ended where my rights began and people knew what that meant. There is no standard and “normal” anymore. We have truly morphed fully into the 60s mode of anything goes and if it feels good do it no matter what the consequences to you or anyone else.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread because the topic may be of interest.