According to the Mayo Clinic:
Food poisoning symptoms vary with the source of contamination. Most types of food poisoning cause one or more of the following signs and symptoms:
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Watery diarrhea
- Abdominal pain and cramps
- Fever
Signs and symptoms may start within hours after eating the contaminated food, or they may begin days or even weeks later. Sickness caused by food poisoning generally lasts from a few hours to several days.
Sounds flu-like to me. I wonder if they are running fevers.
For some reason I’m really thinking this was a Hajj flight.
To Dubai to get the hotel rooms settled and stocked, then off to Mecca where they get infected, then back for a few days partying in Dubai, then back to Boston. Maybe all felt a little sick in Dubai and flew back to Boston sooner than they planned.
Dr. on FNC just said he suspects MERS.