Fresh Ebola fears after a passenger flying from to Nigeria to JFK dies in his seat after vomiting

[Turbineguy]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2796641/fresh-fears-passenger-flying-nigeria-jfk-dies-seat-vomiting-profusely-body-declared-ebola-free-just-cursory-exam-cdc.html

The 63-year-old, a U.S. citizen, died during flight from Lagos to New York
CDC and Port Authority boarded the Arik Air plane with 145 passengers
They confirmed after a short, 'cursory' test he did not have deadly virus
Door connecting the aircraft with the terminal was open the whole time
The ordeal prompted concern from New York Congressman Peter King
In a letter to Homeland Security, he wrote: 'How could you tell so quickly?'
Added it was worrying considering 'how wrong CDC has been' recently
Officials say man died of apparent heart attack; this is yet to be confirmed

Wingnuts are going ape.

[liberal N proud]

1. I can't image being a passenger on that plane

Regardless of what you say about keep calm and we have nothing to fear.

[Logical]

4. Did you read the story? nt

[liberal N proud]

15. No - I just glanced at DOH!

Someone pukes and dies on a plane, you can never be sure what the cause. Your sitting there on the plane waiting for the hazmat suited guys to come in. Imagine the what is going through your head regardless of Ebola or not.

They didn't determine what he died of until hours later. You leave the plane still not sure what you might have been exposed to. Airplanes are petri dishes in a good situation.

[MoonRiver]

33. It had to be unnerving!

No matter how rational we are about the "odds," events like that trigger a primal fear.

[upaloopa]

20. I can, you see I don't buy the hype and bull shit

Only if you are so misinformed do you think any death on a plane is Ebola related.

[MineralMan]

2. Apparently a heart attack.

It's good to read the article at the link, but even better to post the pertinent details in the original post.

Edit to add: Thank you, OP for adding the content.

From the link:

According to the New York Daily News, the man, who was traveling alone, also suffered chest pains before he died. This morning, a Port Authority source said he passed away of an apparent heart attack, but this is yet to be confirmed.

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Nigeria currently has no new cases of Ebola.

[JI7]

7. yes op should include this in post

[MineralMan]

10. It was added after my reply appeared.

It takes only moments to copy and paste information.

[Mojorabbit]

3. Nigeria was supposed to have stopped ebola in it's tracks

Will be interesting to see if that is really so.

[MineralMan]

6. Read the article at the link.

Apparently a heart attack. It happens.

[Renew Deal]

9. I thought that was Senegal

[morningfog]

32. Nigeria and Senegal contained there outbreaks

and are currently Ebola-free.

[Avalux]

5. Of course they are; articles says apparent heart attack.

They'll test his blood anyway though. A cursory exam probably didn't have any other symptoms of hemorrhagic fever.

[Puglover]

8. My brother died of a sudden heart attack.

When he was found he had vomited. It is very common. Apparently the same happened to this guy.

[riqster]

17. My dad too. Sitting in his favorite chair one evening.

At least it's a quick way to go. May the passenger in question rest in peace.

[Puglover]

31. He was all by himself.

His wife was out for a walk. I hope he wasn't too scared.

[leftynyc]

11. NY paper says it was a heart attack

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-death-aboard-plane-africa-briefly-sparks-ebola-fears-article-1.1976465


Wingnuts don't need a reason to freak out. It's their natural state with Pres Obama in the White House.

[notadmblnd]

12. yeah, it sounds like a heart attack to me

It happened with a lady I bowled with. She was bowling one Wednesday morning on the Ladies coffee league and said she was feeling nauseous. She went up and threw her ball and collapsed. She was gone by the time the EMT's got there.

[seveneyes]

13. Lots of people vomit and die on flights coming from Ebola zones

Happens all the time. No need to panic, the CDC made a quick check and say he does not have Ebola. We can trust the CDC even though it takes 24 hours to get Ebola test results back.

[Bluenorthwest]

16. About 100 in flight deaths a year....

give or take.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

18. I have to say, from the comments here

it sounds like people think having a heart attack somehow makes you immune to the possibility that you also have/had ebola.

[Nay]

19. Yep. As my doctor friends say, "There's no reason you can't have two things go

wrong with you at once."

I would like to know what quickie Ebola test they did. Maybe there is one. But ELISA tests take a day or 2 at least. Maybe there's a quick antibody test that can be done on a very sick person with lots of antibodies in their blood -- anybody know?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

24. Dunno of any that are 'minutes'.

Supposedly there's a fairly reliable one that's on the order of magnitude of an hour, but there was talk about it being limited to 'research use only' by the FDA, not for general screening use at hospitals (or airports).

[Nay]

27. A quick Internet peek says a polymerase chain reaction test is pretty quick and

several labs are gearing up to produce these testing kits. Every article makes it sound like the PCR tests aren't standard or widespread, though, and are mainly reserved for research testing. Maybe the CDC has a batch of tests from their research lab that they are using for iffy people like this guy. If so, it's the first sensible thing the CDC has done in a month.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

26. I think someone in the final death stage of Ebola is going to be somewhat obvious.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

29. Sure.

But anyone who was even in the earlier, yet still infectious period could still have a heart attack for other, non-related reasons.

(Edit for clarity: I doubt he had ebola either; I'm just pointing out that a lot of the comments are employing flawed logic.)

[upaloopa]

21. Well another buyer of hype and hysteria. How much did it cost?

This is a result of media whores getting ratings passing misinformation off as fact.
One man from a plane died two nurses treating him are sick but improving nothing else in this country has happened no Ebola break out only Ebola misinformation breskouts

[Tweedy]

22. Screening in west African air ports

I think it is public health officials, not the cdc, doing screenings in west African air ports. I also think it is public health officials, not the cdc, doing the screenings in our airports.

[nykym]

14. Letter to Peter King

The same way you can pro port solve the worlds problems in a single republican talking point.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

25. He wants an outbreak. The entire GOP wants it. nt

[mnhtnbb]

23. Most interesting info in the article, to me, is this:

Up to 100 passengers a day arrive at JFK from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the three West African countries ravaged by the outbreak King said.

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[Brigid]

30. When I saw the headline, I right away thought "heart attack".

I vomited when I had mine. It is not unusual.