Posted on 09/08/2018 8:13:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Ten people were tested for a battery of respiratory viruses and bacteria in hopes of ruling out serious pathogens that could present a public health threat. Two of them tested positive for an especially virulent type of influenza A virus, and one of the two, who was gravely ill with pneumonia, was co-infected with another respiratory virus, Cetron said. A third person tested positive for a cold virus.
All three had taken part in the Haj, which this year drew 2 million people to Mecca, Cetron said.
Seven crew members, who boarded the flight in Dubai and were not at the pilgrimage, tested negative for a number of respiratory infections of public health concern, Cetron said.
The next day, two flights arriving in Philadelphia from Europe were screened by medical teams after 12 passengers reported flu-like symptoms. One of them had visited Mecca for the Haj.
Cetron said health officials in New York had been prepared to quarantine a large group of sick passengers in an area at the airport. From a total of 11 passengers taken to hospital for evaluation, 10 were tested for respiratory symptoms; one showed signs of food poisoning.
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Test run.
And the rest who were in contact and are potential carries are where exactly?
EVERYONE on that plane should have been quarantined until they were past the incubation period and showed NO signs of the virus.
Now all those people are potentially incubating the virus and spreading it across the country.
Bio warfare.
Gosh I feel really sick and might die so I have to go to Mecca so I’ll go to heaven. Cough cough.
Gee whiz...now the haj connection is revealed.
They had Clinton Cough.
Lol
Where is the CDC while all this is going on? They have been strangely silent as we are invaded by third world refugees and their diseases. Are they going to say or do anything to justify their existence?
May be more than a test. Fever, cough, runny nose, upset stomach can be initial symptoms of a host of illnesses, Some acute and worse.
IMO If someone is ill, they should not be allowed to fly into the US, esp from the M E.
Of course that can be circumvented by intermediate stops.
You got that, test run.
Time for a complete travel ban with approx 15 key muslim nations of North Africa, M.E. and South Asia.
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