Literally: one small plane ride away — and in fact this man did board an aircraft.
From the UKTelegraph.com:
Ebola outbreak: Victim who sparked fears of global epidemic was on way home to US
Patrick Sawyer could have brought Ebola to US but died in Nigeria while en route to family in Minnesota
by Rosa Prince
An Ebola victim who was allowed to board an international flight was an American citizen on his way home to the United States, it has emerged.
Patrick Sawyer worked for the Liberian government and was visiting his sister there when he developed symptoms while on a plane to Nigeria. He was quarantined on arrival in Lagos and died on Friday.
His wife, Decontee, 34, who like Mr Sawyer is originally from Liberia, currently at the heart of the terrifying Ebola outbreak, said he had been due to travel on to America where he could have become Patient Zero in a US epidemic.
The 40-year-old father-of-three is believed to have contracted the disease from his sister, whom he was caring for without knowing she had Ebola.
Mr Sawyer took two flights to get to Nigeria from Liberia, where he had attended his sister’s funeral. The first took him from Monrovia to Lome in Togo, where he boarded a plane to Lagos. He collapsed at the airport on landing.
Should Ebola find its way to our shores, you can be assured this nation will come to a screeching halt, physically and economically.
One plane ride. And we’ve already come this close.
I submit that now may not be quite the finest time in the world to board a commercial aircraft, considering this aspect and that of medically-unscreened illegal children having been flown around the United States on aircraft as well, all containing oxygen systems that do nothing but recycle trapped air.
Merely a suggestion.
BZ
Although on average 4-6 days is when symptoms appear, it can take up to 21 days for symptoms to appear. During this symptom free time, the person IS contagious. The CDC considers Ebola to be “a Category A agent. Category A agents are believed to present the greatest potential threat for harming public health, and have a moderate to high potential for large-scale spread.”
So by all means lets transport more huddled masses all over the country
Again, and stay off thin aluminum tubes to the African continent.
BZ
Your point is well made and pondered greatly.
And, of course, if Ebola comes here it will also be LEAVING here for further points around the globe.
BZ
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