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Swine flu challenges airline travelers

Posted by Nicole Hernandez on 11/13/09 • Categorized as Life, North America, Transportation, World

The push to prevent others from being infected with swine flu is causing conflict between airline travelers.

Tampa Bay Online reports the staff at United Airlines suspected passenger Mitra Mostoufi had the flu and forced her to get off the plane and stay in Tampa as she was trying to return to her home in Hawaii on Monday.

Mostoufi and other sick travelers are finding it difficult to travel by plane if airlines know they may potentially have the disease.

Twitter users question if what airlines are doing is appropriate and are scared of catching the disease on planes:

  1. Jared I. Kuroiwa
    KGMB9 (Honolulu, Hawaii) Would you have appreciated being kicked off the plane? Even if you were accused of having Swine Flu? 11 Nov 2009 from web
  2. David McLeod
    Mucx (Barcelona, Spain) Hope they let me on the plane, still got this flu, sweating, shaking, standing at check in…that joke about swine flu has me worried now :( 07 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
  3. Christine Stokoe
    authorchristine (Cyprus) I’m worrying about coming home with all this swine flu about, hope I don’t catch anything on the plane! 05 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck
  4. Beverley Perkins
    bossbev (Undisclosed) These ppl are coughing on this plane. I am so scared of Swine Flu! Y don’t they cover mouths when coughn?????? 04 Nov 2009 from Echofon
  5. Amy Delaney
    snoopysnowcone (Massachusetts) On the plane and holding my breath so I don’t get swine flu… 06 Nov 2009 from Twitterrific
  6. Juno_Is_Boring
    Juno_Is_Boring (Yakima, WA) About to board the plane to Denver. Then on to Kansas City. Hope we don’t get Swine Flu. 03 Nov 2009 from txt
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  • Leo
    United Airlines did the right thing knowing that swine flu can spread in a contained environment inside the plane. For those who have a flu of any king I think wearing some sort of mask can prevent it from spreading to others.

    On the other hand, I believe Swine Flu is easily preventable . Eat healthy and exercise daily to boost your immune system.


    Resource:
    http://swinefluvirussymptoms.com/
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