- NEW TEXAS EBOLA PATIENT FLEW DOMESTICALLY NIGHT BEFORE FEVER APPEARED -- CDC
Second health-care worker with Ebola traveled on Frontier flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas on Oct. 13, CDC says in e-mailed statement.
CDC asking 132 passengers on flight to call 1-800-CDC-INFO, plan to begin interviewing passengers about flight, monitoring those who need it.
Health-care worker exhibited no signs, symptoms of illness while on flight, according to crew.
Frontier Airlines StatementAs we warned before - coming to an airplane near you soon...
"At approximately 1:00 a.m. MT on October 15, Frontier was notified by the CDC that a customer traveling on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth on Oct. 13 has since tested positive for the Ebola virus. The flight landed in Dallas/Fort Worth at 8:16 p.m. local and remained overnight at the airport having completed its flying for the day at which point the aircraft received a thorough cleaning per our normal procedures which is consistent with CDC guidelines prior to returning to service the next day. It was also cleaned again in Cleveland last night. Previously the customer had traveled from Dallas Fort Worth to Cleveland on Frontier flight 1142 on October 10.
Customer exhibited no symptoms or sign of illness while on flight 1143, according to the crew. Frontier responded immediately upon notification from the CDC by removing the aircraft from service and is working closely with CDC to identify and contact customers who may traveled on flight 1143.
Customers who may have traveled on either flight should contact CDC at 1 800 CDC-INFO.
The safety and security of our customers and employees is our primary concern. Frontier will continue to work closely with CDC and other governmental agencies to ensure proper protocols and procedures are being followed."
US Airways Flight 850 from Philadelphia to Punta Cana - October 8th 2014:
... She DID have symptoms BEFORE she flew, she had a fever of 99.5, and while she hadn't been diagnosed with Ebola, she did have it. And at the time of her two flights was by all accounts contagious.
But according to the CDC she wasn't, so the people on the aircraft are safe, at least until they come down with the symptoms of Ebola, at which point they're not safe, unless the CDC say otherwise, at which point I'd start asking for a second opinion.
Confused yet...
Americas response, and especially that of the CDC is rather like watching reruns of SOAP [Link]