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Ebola victim on Virgin Atlantic flight
Posted:
22 May 2006, 21:56by VS075
Link to Daily MirrorFound this within a topic of the same name on A.net. Scary stuff this.
Edit by mod to shorten link.......... Nick
Posted:
22 May 2006, 22:02by Nottingham Nick
This story was also picked up on Flyertalk.
Posters there are now wondering why it was only reported by the Daily Mirror on 20th May (and Daily Record) and not picked up by the other news media. [?];)
Nick
Posted:
22 May 2006, 22:27by mas66
From a very reliable source
initial tests showed that it was NOT ebola .....half of A&E and staff were quarantined until those initial test results came thru' ..... although I think the results of the PM are still awaited ....... this may explain the lack of press take up on the story.
MS
Posted:
22 May 2006, 23:07by Jetstreamer
As MAS66 has said, it was NOT ebola.
Yet another example of a journalist not letting facts get in the way of a good story [V]
Posted:
22 May 2006, 23:23by Nottingham Nick
British tabloids... don't you just love 'em?
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Posted:
23 May 2006, 11:10by Albert
Sounds like rabies to me.
Posted:
23 May 2006, 11:38by mas66
from my 'reliable' source ..... the general thought is rabies but awaits confirmation !
MS
Posted:
23 May 2006, 11:50by Albert
Likewise.....
Posted:
23 May 2006, 12:01by virgin is the best
Its been confirmed to all crew and customers that were on the A/C that it was not ebola.
Posted:
23 May 2006, 12:52by Jon B
Another reason why the Mirror, Sun, Star and Daily Mail should not carry the title of 'Newspapers' [:w]
Posted:
23 May 2006, 13:08by ade99
It most definitely would not have been ebola. And from the description it is very unlikely it would have been rabies.
If anyhing infectious was going to be the cause then the immediate possibility would be malaria. Airline crew, government workers and oil workers are notorious for taking - or not taking - their prophylaxis.
As for the isolation in A+E it is never as bad as it is made out to be, it is simply a case of iaolating the patietn and barrier nursing them, and the on-call microbiologist at the Hillingdon put peoples fears at bay within half an hour or so.
Posted:
23 May 2006, 20:19by Lipstick
Originally posted by Nottingham Nick
Posters there are now wondering why it was only reported by the Daily Mirror on 20th May (and Daily Record) and not picked up by the other news media. [?];)
Nick
Cos it's a load of rubbish!