Suspected Case In Chicago
Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are waiting for test results to see if a patient in his 30s has swine flu.
Dr. John Flaherty is the associate chief of infectious diseases at Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine.
“This is somebody that returned from Mexico and essentially got sick on the plane coming back from Mexico and then came right to our hospital.”
WBBM: And when was that?
“That was Saturday.”
Dr. Flaherty says the man is apparently doing all right - and is at home - taking the anti-flu medicine, Tamiflu.
And what of the rest of the passengers, man, if a serious bug ever comes out we’re doomed with all this airplane travel.
He was so sick he arrived at the airport and went straight to the hospital? gee ... And the recirculated air means the entire flight should be on Tamiflu.