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Ebola terror at Gatwick as passenger collapses and dies getting off Sierra Leone flight
Mirror.co ^ | Aug 03, 2014 | Rebecca Younger, Andy Lines

Posted on 08/03/2014 3:03:28 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg

Airport staff tonight told of their fears of an Ebola outbreak after a passenger from Sierra Leone collapsed and died as she got off a plane at Gatwick.

Workers said they were terrified the virus could spread globally through the busy international hub from the West African country which is in the grip of the deadly epidemic.

The woman, said to be 72, became ill on the gangway after she left a Gambia Bird jet with 128 passengers on board. She died in hospital.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ebola; gatwickairport; unitedkingdom
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To: Ann Archy

I’ll refrain, but it brings to mind leper jokes.


101 posted on 08/03/2014 5:45:07 PM PDT by jim999
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To: Jim Noble

Because the head of CDC believes THIS: “We’re not going to hermetically seal the borders of the US. We’re reliant and interdependent with the world for travel, for trade, for the economy, for our families and communities.”

Or, becaue the CDC lacks jurisdiction over which flights can land in London.


102 posted on 08/03/2014 5:45:52 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: SkyPilot; 2ndDivisionVet; kingattax
I believe it would take very, very little to swing America over to "hard tyranny." Very little.

I agree. I think the democrats are salivating at the thought of their Reichstag moment. They have already seen, at Ruby Ridge and Waco, that they can get away with anything, so going from soft tyranny to hard tyranny, would be as quick as one small executive order. Don't think for one second, that the Obungler is not thinking of this. He is.

103 posted on 08/03/2014 5:56:14 PM PDT by Mark17 (Obama & Nero? Both Emperors. The difference is Nero played a fiddle, while Obama plays a "flute")
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To: Red in Blue PA

“We need to fly them over to the US for their medical care/s”

Flying in two Ebola patients to a special CDC hospital in Atlanta is literally the backstory of AMC’s The Walking a Dead, is it not?


104 posted on 08/03/2014 5:56:18 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: Mad Dawgg
It begins:

The plane was quarantined as ­officials desperately tried to trace everyone who had been in contact with the woman.

Too late; cat's out of the bag. This week should be interesting. Particularly since the US gov is bent on bringing it to the mainland themselves...

...and to think I had concerns about the border. /s

105 posted on 08/03/2014 5:58:04 PM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: Mad Dawgg

It’s moments like this I’m glad i live in the middle of nowhere.

CC


106 posted on 08/03/2014 6:00:49 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: tcrlaf

Some days I actually expect Rod Serling to appear.


107 posted on 08/03/2014 6:01:51 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Mark17

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts


108 posted on 08/03/2014 6:02:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: tumblindice

Mmm... Clams Casino.


109 posted on 08/03/2014 6:09:32 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Girlene
Very likely.

Coming from Sierra Leone, though, I hope they did more than the preliminary test.

110 posted on 08/03/2014 6:09:39 PM PDT by Shelayne
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I know, I have seen that article a dozen times. Just remember, furniture, rent, water bill, electric bill, high speed Internet.


111 posted on 08/03/2014 6:11:20 PM PDT by Mark17 (Obama & Nero? Both Emperors. The difference is Nero played a fiddle, while Obama plays a "flute")
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To: Mad Dawgg; All

The reporting here is simply marvelous.

1. The patient didn’t die at the airport
2. The patient didn’t have ebola

Other than these two small incidentals, the headline here was so accurate...


112 posted on 08/03/2014 6:18:25 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Think how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of the populace is worse than that.)
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To: Black Agnes
Oh dear...

Not good. And the death toll rises in the four countries, according to the latest (July 30) figures from WHO Africa.

As of 30 July 2014, the cumulative number of cases attributed to EVD in the four countries stands at 1,440 including 826 deaths.

From: http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/epidemic-a-pandemic-alert-and-response/outbreak-news/4238-ebola-virus-disease-west-africa-31-july-2014.html

This was on the 30th. There seem to be discrepancies in "official" numbers. I have no doubt that the actual numbers are much higher. There are so many unknowns with this horrible virus.

113 posted on 08/03/2014 6:24:55 PM PDT by Shelayne
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To: DoughtyOne

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3188587/posts


114 posted on 08/03/2014 6:24:58 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Think how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of the populace is worse than that.)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

It’s called political correctness. Makes no difference what the issue is, black mobs playing knockout games, brown diseased thugs considered children illegally crossing our borders, homosexuals perverting sex and being heros for contracting AIDS, and now spreading Ebola fairly and squarely to all points of the globe. Did anyone ever doubt that the liberal utopian dream would eventually kill us all?


115 posted on 08/03/2014 6:31:44 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: super7man

““13 Monkeys” was good.”

One died from ebola, search for ‘12 Monkeys.’


116 posted on 08/03/2014 6:33:27 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Labyrinthos

>>In other words, we are willing to accept a few thousand deaths in the name of political correctness.<<

Ever hear the story about AIDS?


117 posted on 08/03/2014 6:44:02 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

It is time to start medical screenings of all passengers from the vector countries.


118 posted on 08/03/2014 6:45:49 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: EEGator

“Does anyone speak jive?”

Mostly white hut staff.


119 posted on 08/03/2014 6:46:10 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Mad Dawgg; 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...

120 posted on 08/03/2014 6:47:26 PM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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