JetBlue passenger on flight from JFK arrives in Palm Beach as positive coronavirus case: officials
Source: WPIX-TV
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. A passenger aboard a JetBlue flight from New York's Kennedy Airport arrived at Palm Beach International Airport as a positive coronavirus case, Palm Beach Fire Rescue said early Thursday morning.
Flight 253 landed at 8:53 p.m. from JFK, but the plane remained on the tarmac instead of proceeding to gate C12. Passengers departed the aircraft around 10:45 p.m., according to PIX11 sister station WPTV.
"The person across the way from me was taken to the back of the plane. He was wearing masks and gloves. His wife was sitting in the same row as me and mentioned to others that he wasn't feeling well. She said he had gotten a phone call with his test results right before we had taken off, implying that he had a positive test but not actually saying it," passenger Scott Rodman told WPTV.
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"he had gotten a phone call with his test results right before we had taken off"
LisaL
(44,973 posts)If people behave like that, how are we possibly going to contain the disease?
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)should be the strategy..but they aren't even doing that.
Delphinus
(11,831 posts)so hard at my place of employment to share the meme: Flatten the Curve. (smh)
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)only the elderly are at risk, only a bad flu, they won't until it's to late. This virus leaves scarring in your lungs and can damage other organs, facts that the media avoid at all costs.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)that led you to get tested and you were still waiting for the test results? WTF?
LisaL
(44,973 posts)Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)And not in a rental car.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)If it was implied that he had the virus, why leave NY? Stay home, get treatment there. Who wants to travel when they are sick? If he was gong to Mar-A-Lardo I would understand, since they do not have any consideration for normal people. Wait, he would likely be flying on a private jet if he could afford to stay THERE.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)I believe Italy and South Korea are doing this.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)after the formal orders have been issued, for charges to be possible.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)messing around. I think I may have been thinking of breaking quarantine.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Plus, we write the crimes down, number them, and give them names.
Surprisingly, there is no way to arrest people in the US for "doing stuff we don't like" unless that particular stuff is among the crimes that we have written down, assigned a number, and given a name.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)At some point, it will become necessary to enforce a mandatory lockdown.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)on its ass. On the bright side I do think this will be the end of the Trump presidency.
mjvpi
(1,388 posts)Seems to apply
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Here is a summary of the two most relevant Florida laws, and the acts which are illegal under those laws:
Fla. Stat. Ann. § 384.24(1)
Sexual intercourse without disclosure of an STD3 (not HIV) when the person knows they have it and has been informed that it is communicable through sexual intercourse
Fla. Stat. Ann. § 384.24(2)
Sexual intercourse without disclosure of HIV when the person knows they have it and has been informed that it is communicable through sexual intercourse
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Which of those applies to what happened here?
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...that's $7 here.
Maggiemayhem
(811 posts)He possibly infected an entire plane of passengers and staff.
Maggiemayhem
(811 posts)There is no rapid test.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I guess I wasn't clear.
Yes, I understand what he did.
What I marvel at, on an allegedly Democratic forum no less, is the pervasive idea that people can just be "arrested" for "whatever".
I'm pretty familiar with a whole lot of laws, but always willing to learn something new. I'd like to know which one he would be arrested for violating.
"Getting on a plane while sick" is actually not a crime. He can't be arrested for that.
We cant devolve into a crazed mob with lawyers on speed dial who are out to hang the first person who coughs.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)that was at the very least, reckless endangerment, which IS a crime.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. He got his test result after boarding.
2. The plane proceeded to Florida.
Now, did he commit a crime in Florida? If so, what crime?
Or are you saying that New York should issue an arrest warrant and proceed to extradite him to New York for committing a misdemeanor there?
How do you propose to take him back to New York for this important misdemeanor charge?
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)I'd have to disagree. If the plane hadn't yet taken off, it would have returned to the gate and he would have been removed.
It was irresponsible not to inform anyone. He put a lot of other people at risk.
"He didn't know he had the virus"
That's clearly false. He knew he had the virus before the plane departed.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)That will have a happy ending.
He did not have an affirmative duty to somehow try to stop a plane he already boarded.
He should have just gotten up and gone over to a strapped-in FA and told her calmly, "We need to go back to the terminal right now."
Well, yah, that will definitely get anyone arrested.
BigmanPigman
(51,609 posts)That action is criminal! There needs to be public shaming until this gets into their dense heads! It is not only about them anymore, it is about others.
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)In America, we actually have laws, although with Trump, you wouldn't know it.
Seriously, what was the criminal act?
mjvpi
(1,388 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)My county (Broward) is right in the middle between Palm Beach and Dade (Miami) and our numbers just went up to 7. It was just a few days ago that we were the only county here in South Florida with the virus, now it is spreading above and below.
Maggiemayhem
(811 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)I would call it karma.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)Remain calm! All is well!
Yonnie3
(17,444 posts)Sancho
(9,070 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Link to tweet
I'm no expert, but wut? Only passengers in the immediate vicinity of the infected passenger were "given instructions on monitoring their health", and no isolation??
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)That seems irresponsible in the face of things.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)has no fucking plan. They let these people go home an infect their entire communities.
sanatanadharma
(3,707 posts)How about reckless endangerment? I believe I have seen that charge made over the years as I have read stories about arrests.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)The question mark is because I recall something like that but not 100% sure.