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Eight planes put on lockdown at Heathrow over coronavirus fears
Metro.co.uk ^ | February 14, 2020 | James Hockaday

Posted on 02/14/2020 5:37:31 PM PST by DannyTN

Eight planes at Heathrow Airport were grounded this morning after passengers complained of coronavirus symptoms. Passengers on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco were told to stay put after landing because someone on board may have caught the deadly flu-like disease. The captain reportedly warned they could be stuck on the tarmac for some time as the alarm had been raised on ‘seven other planes’.

Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/14/eight-planes-put-lockdown-heathrow-coronavirus-fears-12241391/?ito=cbshare

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19; wuhanflu
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To: DannyTN

Bmrk


21 posted on 02/14/2020 5:57:56 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: Grampa Dave

“Jet airliners are now the biggest carriers/vectors in transporting viruses and bacteria from point A to point Z and everything in between”

Yep they are an air recycler virus incubator. My sister is a Delta flight attendant with LA to DC flights twice a week. I’m ALMOST glad she is on medical leave for a few months with this crap going around. Between this virus and the hazardous waste uniforms loaded with heavy medals that Delta bought via Lands End (made in China) she can’t catch a break. This uniforms can’t be ruled out as the cause of her Cancer, she is one of many.


22 posted on 02/14/2020 6:01:30 PM PST by DAC21 ( and Naflet)
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To: DannyTN

“One plane is from San Francisco.”

I once tried to buy some Visine from a Ranch market in Cupertino, a big chain grocery store, and not one person there smoke anything other than Chinese. That was 10 years ago.

for those who don’t know Cupertino is where Apple is situated south of Menlo park in north west of San Jose.


23 posted on 02/14/2020 6:01:43 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (If the Trump Administration doesn't prosecute the coup plotters he loses the election in 2020)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Vogons
“They are one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxy - not actually evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn’t even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without an order, signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public enquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters.


24 posted on 02/14/2020 6:02:51 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Okay, panic!

25 posted on 02/14/2020 6:03:45 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Democrats couldn't count a Siskel and Ebert vote, but they'll still try with those dead Chicagoans.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Jet airliners are now the biggest carriers/vectors in transporting viruses and bacteria from point A to point Z and everything in between.

—-

I have a 7 hour drive this week. I used to fly such business trips. It is cold and flu season so I drive when it’s an option.


26 posted on 02/14/2020 6:06:12 PM PST by boycott
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To: DannyTN

Only a few cases have been confirmed in the Bay Area. I guess that number will go up. s/


27 posted on 02/14/2020 6:06:24 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: DannyTN

Big ol’ jet airliner
don’t you take me too far away
Big ol’ jet airliner
‘cause it’s here that I’ve got to stay...


28 posted on 02/14/2020 6:08:16 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: VAFreedom

Uh......have my doubts, FRiend.


29 posted on 02/14/2020 6:13:12 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: DannyTN

Passenger sitting in one of these airplanes, thinking to him/herself: “Did I really need to take this trip???, We Are F*cked!”


30 posted on 02/14/2020 6:28:25 PM PST by wetgundog
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To: DannyTN

I’m leaving on a jet plane
don’t know when I’ll be back again...


31 posted on 02/14/2020 6:29:05 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: VAFreedom; libertylover

More information here:
“Coronavirus scare: Where did they go? Millions left Wuhan city before quarantine”
https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/health/coronavirus-scare-where-did-they-go-millions-left-wuhan-city-before-quarantine/1861833/


32 posted on 02/14/2020 6:30:13 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: al baby

I was just thinking that!


33 posted on 02/14/2020 6:33:28 PM PST by Guenevere (Press On!)
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To: DAC21

Before I read your post I was thinking how glad I am my sister in law is retired from Delta. She Loved the Asian flights.


34 posted on 02/14/2020 6:33:44 PM PST by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: Grampa Dave

“ Jet airliners are now the biggest carriers/vectors in transporting viruses and bacteria from point A to point Z and everything in between.“

Followed, in a close second, by third worlders walking across the border.


35 posted on 02/14/2020 6:37:11 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: DannyTN

I have a friend who is about to take a 26 hr flight......on a vacation.

I think I would cancel


36 posted on 02/14/2020 6:37:26 PM PST by Guenevere (Press On!)
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To: Guenevere

I would cancel too.

My company sent me to Vegas last May. And I was kind of hoping they would send me back again this year.

But not any more. I would decline it.


37 posted on 02/14/2020 6:41:24 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: VAFreedom

The island of St. Helena looks like a nice place to escape the crowds these days...


38 posted on 02/14/2020 6:41:46 PM PST by rfp1234
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To: Hodar

So what’s the protocol for decontaminating a package from China?


39 posted on 02/14/2020 6:43:03 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Yup. That, Lion Foods, Marina Foods, etc. Hard to find packages with English writing on them.


40 posted on 02/14/2020 6:44:31 PM PST by rfp1234
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