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Alarm after vomiting passenger dies on flight from Nigeria to JFK
NY Post ^ | 10-16-2014 | Philip Messing and Laura Italiano

Posted on 10/16/2014 7:08:26 PM PDT by tcrlaf

A plane from Nigeria landed at JFK Airport Thursday with a male passenger aboard who had died during the flight after a fit of vomiting — and CDC officials conducted a “cursory” exam before announcing there was no Ebola and turning the corpse over to Port Authority cops to remove, Rep. Peter King said on Thursday.

The congressman was so alarmed by the incident — and by what he and employees see as troubling Ebola vulnerabilities at JFK — that he fired off a letter to the federal Department of Homeland Security demanding more training and tougher protocols for handling possible cases there.

The unnamed, 63-year-old passenger had boarded an Arik Air plane out of Lagos, Nigeria, on Wednesday night, a federal law enforcement source said.

During the flight, the man had been vomiting in his seat, the source said. Some time before the plane landed, he passed away. Flight crew contacted the CDC, federal customs officials and Port Authority police, who all boarded the plane at around 6 a.m. as about 145 worried passengers remained on board, the source said.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: ebola; ebolaairline; flight; jfk; lagos; marburg; marburgvirus; newyork; nigeria; passenger; virus; vomiting
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To: DCBryan1
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61 posted on 10/16/2014 7:26:38 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Cursory EXAM. Not blood test.


62 posted on 10/16/2014 7:27:31 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Theophilus

If it takes hold in the inner city, it will go gay very soon thereafter.


63 posted on 10/16/2014 7:27:53 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Jim Noble

They think it’s ebola free. Don’t think it has been declared so yet.


64 posted on 10/16/2014 7:28:27 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

65 posted on 10/16/2014 7:29:15 PM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: TigerClaws

Would they lie??


66 posted on 10/16/2014 7:29:23 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: tcrlaf

has this administration ever told the truth? we are supposed to believe them again?

screw me once shame on you, screw me twice shame on me...this is what lies and non transparency get you, no credibility for any govt spokesperson


67 posted on 10/16/2014 7:29:26 PM PDT by rolling_stone (1984)
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To: tcrlaf

68 posted on 10/16/2014 7:30:02 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ( Impeach. Remove. Rinse. Repeat.)
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To: tcrlaf

ORLY?


69 posted on 10/16/2014 7:30:43 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: fso301

So what other dying of vomiting diseases are their in ninigeria


70 posted on 10/16/2014 7:31:28 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: goldstategop
“Nigeria is ebola-free.”

So says the Nigerian government, supposedly.

I'll wait for my Nigerian government lawyer to confirm that, while he/she/it is working on the 2.7 million dollars some stranger willed me from his estate...I have no idea how I became so popular among so many wealthy Nigerians.

71 posted on 10/16/2014 7:31:57 PM PDT by sarasmom (The USA Ebola Czar is Dr. Nicole Lurie. She has spent billions to prepare us for an Ebola outbreak.)
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To: tcrlaf

I think every plane that leaves the ground should not be allowed to land for 21 days.


72 posted on 10/16/2014 7:32:16 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Don't make-up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: tbw2
There’s also an outbreak of Marburg virus, though I don’t know if that is in Nigeria.

Uganda.

73 posted on 10/16/2014 7:32:35 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: morphing libertarian

Malaria is a big killer in Africa. Without treatment, it can kill in days.


74 posted on 10/16/2014 7:32:55 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: tcrlaf

There was a doctor on the plane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t1dOBuzlNU


75 posted on 10/16/2014 7:33:11 PM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I was hoping no one would notice.

Nope, more disgusting pix. Not funny. Puking is NOT funny, guys. It’s vile and ugly.


76 posted on 10/16/2014 7:34:00 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: tcrlaf
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77 posted on 10/16/2014 7:34:05 PM PDT by Hypo2
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To: tcrlaf; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
Bring Out Your Dead

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...

78 posted on 10/16/2014 7:35:24 PM PDT by null and void ("Agoraphobia": fear of the marketplace; "AlGoreaphobia": fear of the marketplace of ideas.)
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To: John W

79 posted on 10/16/2014 7:35:27 PM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: HandyDandy

Ah, maybe that’s why MH 370 never showed up.


80 posted on 10/16/2014 7:35:35 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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