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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFresh Ebola fears after a passenger flying from to Nigeria to JFK dies in his seat after vomiting
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2796641/fresh-fears-passenger-flying-nigeria-jfk-dies-seat-vomiting-profusely-body-declared-ebola-free-just-cursory-exam-cdc.htmlThe 63-year-old, a U.S. citizen, died during flight from Lagos to New York
CDC and Port Authority boarded the Arik Air plane with 145 passengers
They confirmed after a short, 'cursory' test he did not have deadly virus
Door connecting the aircraft with the terminal was open the whole time
The ordeal prompted concern from New York Congressman Peter King
In a letter to Homeland Security, he wrote: 'How could you tell so quickly?'
Added it was worrying considering 'how wrong CDC has been' recently
Officials say man died of apparent heart attack; this is yet to be confirmed
Wingnuts are going ape.
liberal N proud
(60,355 posts)Regardless of what you say about keep calm and we have nothing to fear.
Logical
(22,457 posts)liberal N proud
(60,355 posts)Someone pukes and dies on a plane, you can never be sure what the cause. Your sitting there on the plane waiting for the hazmat suited guys to come in. Imagine the what is going through your head regardless of Ebola or not.
They didn't determine what he died of until hours later. You leave the plane still not sure what you might have been exposed to. Airplanes are petri dishes in a good situation.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)No matter how rational we are about the "odds," events like that trigger a primal fear.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Only if you are so misinformed do you think any death on a plane is Ebola related.
MineralMan
(146,364 posts)It's good to read the article at the link, but even better to post the pertinent details in the original post.
Edit to add: Thank you, OP for adding the content.
From the link:
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Nigeria currently has no new cases of Ebola.
JI7
(89,297 posts)MineralMan
(146,364 posts)It takes only moments to copy and paste information.
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)Will be interesting to see if that is really so.
MineralMan
(146,364 posts)Apparently a heart attack. It happens.
Renew Deal
(81,917 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)and are currently Ebola-free.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)They'll test his blood anyway though. A cursory exam probably didn't have any other symptoms of hemorrhagic fever.
Puglover
(16,380 posts)When he was found he had vomited. It is very common. Apparently the same happened to this guy.
riqster
(13,986 posts)At least it's a quick way to go. May the passenger in question rest in peace.
Puglover
(16,380 posts)His wife was out for a walk. I hope he wasn't too scared.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Wingnuts don't need a reason to freak out. It's their natural state with Pres Obama in the White House.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)It happened with a lady I bowled with. She was bowling one Wednesday morning on the Ladies coffee league and said she was feeling nauseous. She went up and threw her ball and collapsed. She was gone by the time the EMT's got there.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Happens all the time. No need to panic, the CDC made a quick check and say he does not have Ebola. We can trust the CDC even though it takes 24 hours to get Ebola test results back.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)give or take.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)it sounds like people think having a heart attack somehow makes you immune to the possibility that you also have/had ebola.
Nay
(12,051 posts)wrong with you at once."
I would like to know what quickie Ebola test they did. Maybe there is one. But ELISA tests take a day or 2 at least. Maybe there's a quick antibody test that can be done on a very sick person with lots of antibodies in their blood -- anybody know?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Supposedly there's a fairly reliable one that's on the order of magnitude of an hour, but there was talk about it being limited to 'research use only' by the FDA, not for general screening use at hospitals (or airports).
Nay
(12,051 posts)several labs are gearing up to produce these testing kits. Every article makes it sound like the PCR tests aren't standard or widespread, though, and are mainly reserved for research testing. Maybe the CDC has a batch of tests from their research lab that they are using for iffy people like this guy. If so, it's the first sensible thing the CDC has done in a month.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,379 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)But anyone who was even in the earlier, yet still infectious period could still have a heart attack for other, non-related reasons.
(Edit for clarity: I doubt he had ebola either; I'm just pointing out that a lot of the comments are employing flawed logic.)
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)This is a result of media whores getting ratings passing misinformation off as fact.
One man from a plane died two nurses treating him are sick but improving nothing else in this country has happened no Ebola break out only Ebola misinformation breskouts
Tweedy
(628 posts)I think it is public health officials, not the cdc, doing screenings in west African air ports. I also think it is public health officials, not the cdc, doing the screenings in our airports.
nykym
(3,063 posts)The same way you can pro port solve the worlds problems in a single republican talking point.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,438 posts)Up to 100 passengers a day arrive at JFK from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the three West African countries ravaged by the outbreak King said.
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Brigid
(17,621 posts)I vomited when I had mine. It is not unusual.