Posted on 10/03/2010 7:29:30 AM PDT by La Lydia
Edited on 10/03/2010 7:30:07 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A flight from Mexico was held at a Colorado airport after a 23-month-old child onboard was reported sick, a Frontier Airlines spokeswoman said. Frontier's Flight 64 from Puerto Vallarta landed at the Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon....
Health officials interviewed the child's family and allowed other passengers to deplane using stairs instead of the jetway, said Jeff Dimond of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC asked passengers to fill out contact information, Purves said.
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Helpful in what way? Would it make the symptoms less severe?
I wouldn’t characterize a 23month old as an “infant”
I bet this was a human trafficking thing first
AND
it sounds as though the child has been abused, burned so she can’t run or talk
hand foot and mouth disease my eye!
Oh, c'mon now.... Everybody knows that Mexican children are naturally more dirty and diseased than human children....
Since they did not mention the nationality of the child I think it can be assumed the child was a Mexican being brought to the U.S. Just as the case when a crime suspect is a minority, the MSM will NOT identify the perp as such. No mention of ethnicity = the subject is an ethnic minority.
How contagious is hand, foot and mouth disease?
That is kind of what I thought. Had it been an American child, they would have said something about the child’s family being from Denver or wherever. I have a real problem with people who bring sick children onto airplanes, or who travel themselves when they are deathly ill with something they are obviously spreading to everyone in the cabin.
How It Is Spread
Infection is spread from person to person by direct contact with infectious virus. Infectious virus is found in the nose and throat secretions, saliva, blister fluid, and stool of infected persons. The virus is most often spread by persons with unwashed, virus-contaminated hands and by contact with virus-contaminated surfaces. Infected persons are most contagious during the first week of the illness.
The viruses that cause HFMD can remain in the body for weeks after a patient's symptoms have gone away. This means that the infected person can still pass the infection to other people even though he/she appears well. Also, some persons who are infected and excreting the virus, including most adults, may have no symptoms.
“hand foot and mouth disease my eye!”
You have a nose for the truth.
ugh!
I can see why they took names.
My children are Mexicans. What is this comment supposed to mean? Racism rears its ugly head at FR. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Child is 23 months old. Run *where*? Talk about *what*?
Never ceases to amaze me the things people can be paranoid about.
Racism does rear its ugly head at FR. My comment was a parody of those who post that way for real, whether it be about Mexicans in general, or illegals in particular.
As for your comment, ma'am -- perhaps you should have been a bit more specific about your meaning. I suspect I know what it is, but the true racists at FR will be more likely to take it in the way I parodied it.
Sad to say, this seems to be the case. The mods are pretty good in deleting such filth - with the profanity, not so much.
I knew you were being facetious.
Nice try at an excuse.
Really. Imagine arriving home from your vacation, and then waiting around to see if you develop painful blisters.
Not my grandchildren. What a stupid thing to say.
Sarcasm does not translate that well on the internet. The /s is a handy tool to confirm when we aree attempting such.
Is this going to turn into a Thailand thread?
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