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		Emergency crews quarantine Delta flight at Chicago's Midway Airport over passenger with "contagious disease." EVERYBODY PANIC (and put your tray-tables in the upright position) (chicago.cbslocal.com)		107
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namegoeshere		2012-04-26 06:34:17 PM

Chicken pox? Small pox? Captain Tripps?

I'd be pissed if the guy just switched laundry soaps.

Also, anybody got a link for the passenger tweets?

queezyweezel		2012-04-26 06:42:15 PM

I hope its nothing like Ebola. Bleeding out the eyes would suck.

GAT_00		2012-04-26 06:45:18 PM

You got the Ebola. Sucks to be you.

Actually I don't think Ebola presents with a rash but still.

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-04-26 07:08:40 PM

SHUT
DOWN
EVERYTHING

Cagey B		2012-04-26 07:20:08 PM

Just great. I was supposed to fly home from Madagascar today.

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-04-26 07:23:54 PM

Cagey B: Just great. I was supposed to fly home from Madagascar today.

You'd better move it, move it

MidnightSkulker		2012-04-26 07:29:50 PM

I really need to remember never to read the comments on the source sites.

Shostie		2012-04-26 08:45:49 PM

I saw that episode of House. It was a good one.

EnviroDude		2012-04-26 09:24:13 PM

There will be a $25 inoculation fee added to the flight.

Mega Steve		2012-04-26 09:25:40 PM

libranoelrose		2012-04-26 09:26:47 PM

Tics?

Lone Stranger		2012-04-26 09:27:39 PM

Gyrfalcon		2012-04-26 09:29:53 PM

A RASH?!??!?!

There is nothing anyone can have today that presents with a rash that you'd need to ground a plane for. Nothing. Okay? NOTHING.

Mother of god.

One Bad Apple		2012-04-26 09:30:37 PM

GAT_00: You got the Ebola. Sucks to be you.

Actually I don't think Ebola presents with a rash but still.

www.comicbookresources.com

A rash you say ? It's probably nothing.

drewsclues		2012-04-26 09:30:56 PM

The passenger in question was seen getting into a cab on Halsted street. dun dun duuuunnnnnn........

wxboy		2012-04-26 09:32:35 PM

Supposedly the fear was about monkeypox (article here)

lousy screw		2012-04-26 09:32:42 PM

Viral marketing for the new series from the producers of Lost.

Beatlefreak		2012-04-26 09:32:59 PM

It was bug bites, the lady in question was from Uganda, so that was the concern.

rick21n		2012-04-26 09:33:00 PM

Contagious Diseases in Chicago?

/gasp

Walker		2012-04-26 09:33:25 PM

THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE HAS BEGUN!
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Beatlefreak		2012-04-26 09:34:20 PM

Actually, Ebola can present with a rash. Based on the pic I saw of one of the paramedics and the level of gear, that is what they suspected.

Paris1127		2012-04-26 09:34:25 PM

They had the fish...

/that's right, I had the lasagna

BalugaJoe		2012-04-26 09:36:34 PM

Is it Lupus?

Gyrfalcon		2012-04-26 09:36:49 PM

Beatlefreak: Actually, Ebola can present with a rash. Based on the pic I saw of one of the paramedics and the level of gear, that is what they suspected.

If she had Ebola, then it's already too late.

Pelvic Splanchnic Ganglion		2012-04-26 09:37:04 PM

Man, I wish I were in Madagascar right now.

Arctic Phoenix		2012-04-26 09:37:20 PM

What do you make of this?

mooseyfate		2012-04-26 09:38:58 PM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Cagey B: Just great. I was supposed to fly home from Madagascar today.

You'd better move it, move it

You farking son of a biatch.

/ear worm firmly rooted
//sending in Tool to extract it

Colin O'Scopy		2012-04-26 09:38:59 PM

Another TSA failure. They can't detect bug bites during a full-body pat-down, but they sure as fark can find the genitals of 7 year old girls.

Amos Quito		2012-04-26 09:39:27 PM

I have an air-tight alibi.

colonel0sanders		2012-04-26 09:39:50 PM

I'm reading this:

Pretty fascinating so far

rick21n		2012-04-26 09:40:28 PM

It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.

Enemabag Jones		2012-04-26 09:41:55 PM

GyrfalconBeatlefreak: Actually, Ebola can present with a rash. Based on the pic I saw of one of the paramedics and the level of gear, that is what they suspected.
If she had Ebola, then it's already too late.

Nice thing about Ebola is, it is too effective to be a really profilic virus. Maybe some scientist can make it act slower and be airborn for research purposes.

/Helps when funeral rights don't spread the virus.

One Bad Apple		2012-04-26 09:42:05 PM

Amos Quito: I have an air-tight alibi.

She may be air tight but your mom is hardly a reliable alibi

Amos Quito		2012-04-26 09:42:40 PM

Beatlefreak: It was bug bites, the lady in question was from Uganda, so that was the concern.

We don't want no stinking African (hyphenated) American bugs around here.

Kenny B		2012-04-26 09:42:55 PM

Remain calm! It's just the Herp.

Wicked Chinchilla		2012-04-26 09:44:28 PM

Ebola can take up to 14 days to present and doesn't present with a rash.

I would suspect the equipment they wear is simply "for unknown infections, wear max PPE."

I bet you ten bucks she had/has some bot flies.

In Uganda it is not uncommon for hotels to not have a dryer and as a result the laundry is line dried. The flies come by and lay their eggs in the moist towels, sheets, clothes. Then the next time you lay in the bed, take a shower, you get hit with eggs.

/always ask them to iron your stuff
//ALWAYS ASK THEM TO IRON YOUR STUFF

whither_apophis		2012-04-26 09:44:39 PM

Arctic Phoenix: What do you make of this?

A hat, or a broach or a pteradactyl!

Amos Quito		2012-04-26 09:47:12 PM

One Bad Apple: Amos Quito: I have an air-tight alibi.

She may be air tight but your mom is hardly a reliable alibi

Don't attack the vector, Victor.

Amos Quito		2012-04-26 09:49:03 PM

Wicked Chinchilla: Ebola can take up to 14 days to present and doesn't present with a rash.

I would suspect the equipment they wear is simply "for unknown infections, wear max PPE."

I bet you ten bucks she had/has some bot flies.

In Uganda it is not uncommon for hotels to not have a dryer and as a result the laundry is line dried. The flies come by and lay their eggs in the moist towels, sheets, clothes. Then the next time you lay in the bed, take a shower, you get hit with eggs.

/always ask them to iron your stuff
//ALWAYS ASK THEM TO IRON YOUR STUFF

How about i just don't go to Uganda instead?

Ryker's Peninsula		2012-04-26 09:51:18 PM

The odds of this being a serious threat are about 25 or 6 to 4.

Wicked Chinchilla		2012-04-26 09:51:50 PM

Amos Quito: Wicked Chinchilla: Ebola can take up to 14 days to present and doesn't present with a rash.

I would suspect the equipment they wear is simply "for unknown infections, wear max PPE."

I bet you ten bucks she had/has some bot flies.

In Uganda it is not uncommon for hotels to not have a dryer and as a result the laundry is line dried. The flies come by and lay their eggs in the moist towels, sheets, clothes. Then the next time you lay in the bed, take a shower, you get hit with eggs.

/always ask them to iron your stuff
//ALWAYS ASK THEM TO IRON YOUR STUFF

How about i just don't go to Uganda instead?

That could totally work too. The guy at our work who had the bad luck to get some bot flies realized they were flies when he felt something "on" his arm moved. When he looked down he made the discovery that rather than "on" his arm there was a bulge within his arm crawling about.

/gross, but honestly it was kinda cool in a "wow, its like a horror movie" kind of thing.

Richard Saunders		2012-04-26 09:52:43 PM

We're gonna need a bigger plane.

/wide-body jumbos

Mock26		2012-04-26 09:53:13 PM

This is why you never go to any African countries that do not border the Mediterranean or are not South Africa or one of the island nations.

Beatlefreak		2012-04-26 09:53:49 PM

Enemabag Jones: Nice thing about Ebola is, it is too effective to be a really profilic virus. Maybe some scientist can make it act slower and be airborn for research purposes.

/Helps when funeral rights don't spread the virus.

Actually, it's mainly spread by direct contact with body fluids, so most of the plane would be safe.

Amos Quito: We don't want no stinking African (hyphenated) American bugs around here.

To be fair, Ebola is nasty.

/doesn't stop me from being oddly fascinated with it

clipperbox		2012-04-26 09:53:59 PM

came for the quarantine 2 reference.

/glad this event wasn't as bad as quarantine 2.

calbert		2012-04-26 09:55:30 PM

confirmed

it was bedbugs

_{/at least that's what they want us to think}

Coelacanth		2012-04-26 09:55:43 PM

Gyrfalcon: Beatlefreak: Actually, Ebola can present with a rash. Based on the pic I saw of one of the paramedics and the level of gear, that is what they suspected.

If she had Ebola, then it's already too late.

For her and everybody else on the plane. I half expected to see soldiers showing up with flamethrowers.

Wicked Chinchilla		2012-04-26 09:56:53 PM

Mock26: This is why you never go to any African countries that do not border the Mediterranean or are not South Africa or one of the island nations.

Hate to tell you this, but all of those have their own brand of infections. Even the US does.

Protip:
Try not to get bitten by ticks, or mosquitos
Don't hang out around mice/rats or areas where they poop
Only drink water or liquids you KNOW are safe
Avoid bats