Liberian Passenger Arrives in Newark Vomiting: CDC has person quarantined, believes everything is okay

[elan]

Are there no white or Asian Liberians at all?

[katzpaw]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

The guy is Liberian and happened to be sick. You don't think that the CDC should do something just in case??

It's wise to be cautious but this will be like the many false alarms during/after the anthrax scare - hazmat teams were being called out for sugar spills in cafeterias.

[dbabyatskiy]

So...too many rum and cokes?

[greywar]

Originally Posted by dbabyatskiy

So...too many rum and cokes?

Nah, he is actually sick.....with something else.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/nyregion/sick-airline-passenger-taken-to-newark-hospital-for-tests-amid-ebola-fears.html?_r=0

[glass_of_merlot]

maybe just the 24 hour flue