"The New York City mayor's office says 10 people hospitalized after a large commercial jet arrived from Dubai
have tested positive for influenza. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quarantined the double-decker Emirates aircraft
holding 520 passengers Wednesday so it could evaluate about 100 of them.
Some had complained about coughs, headaches, sore throats and fevers."
Medical notification from a municipal politician.
The CDC has retained 10 people in the hospital.
Whatever happened to the other 510 passengers ?
Where is the quarantine to prevent disease spread; obviously the CDC has the authority to issue one.
The 510 others were allowed to proceed to their destinations,
thus possibly infecting others with whom they came into contact.
This is how plagues start !
Let this be a warning about trans-Atlantic passengers who are allowed to embark on a journey while obviously ill,
and then transported in a confined air cabin, thus probably contaminating others.
I believe that the airline is culpable in this medical issue, and the CDC is complicit for not establishing a quarantine.
Nothing on the passengers who arrived sick from Munich or Paris yet that I could find.
Holy cow. Thanks for the heads-up, TIK.
I wonder what strain of flu. I used to study up on flu and learned more than I ever thought I could learn. I should check some flu sites. It is not flu season, so this is strange.
Yep, the flu incubation period from exposure is anywhere from 1 to 4 days.
All passengers should have been quarantined for 5 days.
Passengers on Four Southwest Flights, Two at Dallas Love, Warned of Possible Measles Exposure
Think I’ll skip going anywhere for a while.
These flights include Flight 5, from Dallas to Houston on Aug. 21; Flight 9, from Houston to Harlingen on Aug. 21; Flight 665, from Harlingen to Houston on Aug. 22; and Flight 44, from Houston to Dallas on Aug. 22.