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IronLionZion

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32. That's what I do

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 09:35 AM

Mar 2020

self-isolate (which is easy for me as an introvert) and when I sneeze into my elbow I tell people I have seasonal allergies my whole life, and when I cough I tell people I have hyperactive airway disease my whole life and it's not contagious. Then I leave. This has happened to me since elementary school so I'm used to it.

This time people are flipping out so I take extra care to avoid people.

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A JetBlue passenger with CV didn't admit he had a pending test. The airline banned him for life [View all] Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 OP

Banned for life Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #1

All other airlines should follow malaise Mar 2020 #2

He didn't know he tested positive until he was in the plane DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #3

he should not have been on the plane barbtries Mar 2020 #5

He had been tested two days earlier. He should have been self-quarantined. yardwork Mar 2020 #6

Exactly. LisaL Mar 2020 #7

Behavior like this spreads the epidemic. It's maddening. yardwork Mar 2020 #11

Except that he already *had been* tested, which means that there was a reason to do so.. Princess Turandot Mar 2020 #8

Only people with symptoms get tested. He had symptoms. He knew he was risking everybody. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #9

I'm thinking jail wouldn't be such a swift idea. cwydro Mar 2020 #10

This is the fault of the guy who is not allowing us to test. Squinch Mar 2020 #4

Except this man did get tested. He was awaiting results. yardwork Mar 2020 #12

And if we were screening and checking symptoms as people got on and off planes, Squinch Mar 2020 #14

What symptoms would you check for? LisaL Mar 2020 #16

Other countries are taking temperatures and asking if people were exposed or recently tested. Squinch Mar 2020 #17

Supposedly he wasn't coughing. LisaL Mar 2020 #19

No one even asked him, though. No one took a temperature reading. No one asked Squinch Mar 2020 #21

My guess is he was told not to fly while awaiting test results. LisaL Mar 2020 #22

Are you sure it wouldn't? Doesn't it seem like a basic, responsible thing to try? Squinch Mar 2020 #24

My friend from China says her family in China has their temperature checked TNNurse Mar 2020 #18

I don't want some bozo who is not changing gloves between each person sticking a multi use LisaL Mar 2020 #20

Do a little google. You'll see that what you are describing has no Squinch Mar 2020 #25

I am more worried how US would handle it. LisaL Mar 2020 #29

Well then. After this conversation, I'll put you down in the Squinch Mar 2020 #30

China uses infrared thermometers on your forehead IronLionZion Mar 2020 #35

A friend of ours came in from Italy yesterday DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #31

"because he wasn't sneezing or coughing at all" IronLionZion Mar 2020 #13

And those of us with those allergies and conditions can't be Squinch Mar 2020 #23

That's what I do IronLionZion Mar 2020 #32

I have been amazed by people doing the right thing gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #15

He was wrong, but I'll never believe he was the only cv carrier on that plane. lindysalsagal Mar 2020 #26

HOW DID HE GET TESTED? HOW IS HE CONNECTED? usaf-vet Mar 2020 #27

This is what I find most disturbing Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #28

You can expect this type of behavior over and over again. Goodheart Mar 2020 #33

He was only listening to what Trump said last week. marble falls Mar 2020 #34

Good Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 #36

Pending COVID-19 test result self-isolate Sunsky Mar 2020 #37