Ebola Death Ticket: United Flight 822

Thomas Eric Duncan. He’s the man being treated for Ebola at a hospital in Dallas. He flew on United Airlines, with a layover in Washington DC. Duncan flew part of his trip on United. The airline says they’ve been informed the CDC about his flight path. He apparently flew on September 20th on United Flight 951 from Brussels to Washington Dulles, and then from Washington Dulles to Dallas, flight 822. The CDC says there is NO risk to fellow passengers, because Duncan showed no symptoms at that time. Passengers are NOT being individually notified. But by now, many of them probably know.

Thomas Duncan is a Liberian national who likely contracted Ebola while caring for an infected, pregnant woman. The New York Times reports Duncan helped carry the woman as she sought help. She died shortly afterwards. Five days after contact with the ill woman, Duncan arrived in Dallas to visit relatives. Six days later, he went to a hospital complaining of symptoms. Just before boarding an ambulance to head back to the hospital, he was seen vomiting outside an apartment before returning to that hospital. Paramedics confirmed Duncan was vomiting INSIDE the ambulance. When they dropped him off, no one from the hospital informed the EMTs that their ambulance was just exposed to a deadly virus. They went on to drive around for several hours before learning the Ebola patient was in close contact with them.

Now, all four paramedics are some of the Dallas area residents under a quarantine. Duncan’s family is also under quarantine. We’re also hearing unconfirmed reports from INSIDE the hospital that Duncan vomited all over the emergency room. Many sick patients, with already compromised immune systems, may be in grave danger of contracting a deadly disease.

Another vehicle transported Duncan some time ago too, and it was in circulation for days after he was on board. The United Airlines Boeing 777 plane was NOT scrubbed clean as of October 2nd, twelve days after hosting a sick Ebola patient. Since then, that plane has been to Chicago, Portland, Denver, back to Portland, Newark, Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, LaGuardia in New York, Seattle, Houston, Orlando and several cities in between.

The CDC has already started monitoring at least 100 people who came in contact with Duncan. If they backtrack two weeks, they could soon be reaching out to anyone who traveled on that airplane