
The patient started feeling ill as he sat on a packed flight from Jeddah to London. Things didn’t get any better after he boarded another flight to Boston, or a third flight to Atlanta, or even as he took one last miserable leg to Orlando.
If he’d been watching the news, he should have known it was at least possible that he had MERS, the mysterious new Middle East respiratory virus. It’s been spreading in Saudi Arabia and has infected more than 570 people globally, killing 171 of them. The biggest risk factor is being a health care worker, like the patient.
Still, he boarded multiple flights and came into an Orlando hospital without warning he had respiratory symptoms and had come from Saudi Arabia. He spent hours in a public emergency room, potentially exposing other patients to his infection.

May 17, 2014 @ 08:29:10
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May 23, 2014 @ 09:15:16
Oh wow. He didn’t even know? Oh lord that’s horrible. I hope he’s doing better now. This is why my fear of flying over-comes me and I just stay at home! Haha ill video chat with friends and family before I get on a plane. Don’t get me wrong I’ve been on one several times I just have terrifying thoughts and fears! Is the man okay now? Are you still keeping up with this story?
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May 23, 2014 @ 12:52:04
I believe he is OK!
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