United airlines scrambles to notify 690 passengers...ebola

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2776786/U-S-airlines-contact-government-Ebola-concerns.html

United Airlines is scrambling to alert the hundreds of passengers who shared twi planes with the first Ebola patient on U.S. soil.

Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national, arrived in the U.S. at Washington Dulles International Airport on United Flight 951 on September 20, the airline revealed today.

He then boarded United Flight 822 to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

U.S. officials had previously refused to provide details of his itinerary, claiming none of his fellow passengers were at risk because he was not showing symptoms at that time.

I think it was the right thing to do for the airline. Yes, the chance of infection is infetessimal, but still there. The passengers have a right to know. I know I would want to know.

If anyone on those flights gets flu-like symptoms in the next week or ten days, they know they should get evaluated for Ebola.