Tuberculosis Flight 385
May 30th, 2007 by timbotronThere is always some jerk with a hacking cough who thinks it’s a better choice to go on the planeflight than spare the health risk to others.
On May 12, this very scenario took place on an Air France flight from (Atlanta) Georgia to Greece, involving a man who is now the first individual to be the subject of a government-issued quarantine since 1963. The unnamed Georgia resident was infected with XDR-TB (eXtensively Drug Resistant TuBerculosis) and despite the advice of his doctors, decided to go ahead with the wedding in Greece and the honeymoon in Italy. After exposing countless people to this magical form of tuberculosis (throughout Greece and in Rome, Prague, and Montreal), the unnamed patient as$hole has returned to his Georgia homeland to seek treatment. Associated Press Link
*This is not an actual photo of the unidentified man, but a photo of Michael Stipe - who is from Georgia and often looks sickly.
May 31st, 2007 at 3:59 am
holy crap!
I was on a flight from Atlanta to Paris, but fortunately my flight was on May 10th.