F/A Infects 160 people

[luna landing]

Page 4 in today's Sydney Telegraph carries a story on SARS that mentions that in Singapore, a female flight attendant infected more than 160 people. On a flight I assume? Anyone know any more about this?:eek:

[404 Titan]

luna landing

Yet more media hysteria. The flight in question was from Singapore to Hong Kong. At this stage 160 people have or may have been exposed but no one has come down with it. The cabin crewmember wasn’t showing any signs of the virus either which makes transmission unlikely. If experience tells us anything no one has yet been infected on an aircraft. It is quite obvious though a few infected passengers have carried it to other countries. A few viral experts have stated an aircraft is a very inhospitable place for a virus to exist in water droplets exhaled from an infected person. This is because an aircraft cabin has very dry air.

[jtr]

Assuming we are talking about the same event...

A F/A operating CX714 15th April from SIN to HKG is reported to be suffering SARS like symptoms.

The F/A in question would had to have walked through the thermal imaging doovy which checks your temp in SIN, and obviously showed no signs of a fever at that point.

[knackeredII]

This is an example of the totally misleading reporting which is feeding the hysteria surrounding SARS. I would say the F/A they are referring to is the one who started the chain of infections in Singapore, as this is roughly the number of total infections so far in Singapore.

She is an EX crew member, I say again 'EX', and did not contract the disease or spread it as a crew member. She contracted it on a holiday visit to HK & China. Her connection with an airline is purely coincidental and has nothing to do with her contracting or spreading SARS. She has survived it but it has killed both her parents and an uncle, as well as her pastor. They won't let her out of hospital for fear of a public backlash and it's irresponsible reporting like this which should have to answer for her predicament.

Media outlets like the one reporting this story, somewhat belatedly, are serving no-one's interest but their own, all in the name of public interest. It's disgusting

Further to the above, the airlines should pursue legal action against the newspaper which reported this. It's a perfect example of how inaccurate reporting can do immeasurable harm to an industry already on it's knees.

[steamchicken]

At least it would have been a different disease to the usual!

[luna landing]

There must be more than one because there is now a confirmed SARS sufferer who is a male CX cabin crew member.

[knackeredII]

Yes but he hasn't infected 160 people. Neither has any individual person. This is just news reporting at its worst.