Ebola Screening At JFK Airport Flagged 91 Travelers; None Had Virus

[FLPanhandle]

"Newly instituted screening procedures at New York's JFK International Airport identified 91 arriving passengers as having a higher risk of being infected with Ebola based on their recent travel, CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden said Monday. None of the airline passengers had a fever, Frieden said, noting that of five people who were sent for further evaluation, none were determined to have Ebola.

In the wake of the first instance of Ebola being contracted in the U.S., Frieden said the airport screenings at JFK are part of the agency's plan to stop the disease; he said screenings will be instituted at four other airports — in Atlanta; Chicago; Newark, N.J.; and Dulles, Va. — by Thursday."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/13/355874691/ebola-screening-at-jfk-airport-flagged-91-travelers-none-had-virus



What a colossal waste of time and money and wait until flu season hits when many more people will have fevers and chills.

[NYC_SKP]

1. No, screening for terrists is the colossal waste of time, removing shoes and such nonsense.

Preventing the spread of a serious virus is serious work that needs to be done.

[cherokeeprogressive]

2. You're right. Shut it down. Shut it all down. Better sorry than safe.

[uppityperson]

3. k&r for the article. dang that ebola, being so unfair to come at flu time. I'd rather they spend

his money to check people than what it will take to treat even one. A colassalwaste of time and energy is 3 oz liquids in the proper sized bag and removing shoes.

[MannyGoldstein]

4. That's what a screening test usually does

A fair number of false positives, but a low number of fallse negatives. A definite test follows.

[nc4bo]

5. They should still screen, take personal info just in case symptoms show up after later.

There is nothing wrong with staying vigilant.

[SidDithers]

6. You sound disappointed. Were you hoping that some actually did have the virus?...

WTF?

Sid

[rocktivity]

7. Flagged as "A higher risk of being infected with Ebola based on their recent travel?"

That had BETTER mean they traveled from or through the Ebola-affected countries!


rocktivity

[pnwmom]

8. A colossal waste of time? Tell that to the Texas nurse who has Ebola now. I realize that

Duncan would probably not have been discovered under this protocol, but some other Ebola patient could.