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Original poster

to report this passenger to World Health or at least the airline?

79 replies

Quantumblue · 09/05/2018 23:49

I am feeling quite ill and prepared to be wrong.
I recently flew from Stockholm to Singapore, 12 hours in economy. I got on the plane with a slight cold.
The passenger behind me, a girl in her 20s was really ill , quite obviously with flu. She moaned, coughed, sneezed for the entire journey. At no point did she cover her mouth. I could feel her germs just spraying around me.
Back home ( in Oz) I am now that sick. I have missed several days of work and a whole lot of other stuff. DH is now coming down with it.
Given that I still have my boarding pass so know what seat number she was in (in relation to me), is it worth contacting the airline to report this illness? I am sure that several rows of people around her are now ill.
Or is this just my exhausted fevered brain and everyone just accepts this as the risk of travel?

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Hauskat · 09/05/2018 23:52

Report her for being ill several days ago???

JulieWulie84 · 09/05/2018 23:53

If you had a slight cold when you got on the plane, it is probably your own disease that has made you ill. Travelling may have suppressed your immune system (jet lag etc).

GorgeousJaws · 09/05/2018 23:54

Horse. Door. Bolted.

Sorry you’re feeling rough.

MVLipwig · 09/05/2018 23:54

As far as I'm aware you're still allowed to travel when ill, particularly as it's a bad cold which wouldn't cause much harm to most (bar the immunosuppressed). The airline are hardly going to ban her for life

MyKingdomForBrie · 09/05/2018 23:55

Well it’s horribly anti social of her but I don’t think there’s a rule against travelling with cold/flu?

I have to admit I probably would have covered my mouth/nose with a jumper as soon as I realised how sick she was but I am weird about coughing/sneezing.

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Quantumblue · 09/05/2018 23:55

I guess say to the airline that she was clearly too ill to be allowed on the flight without a risk to the other passengers.

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BicycleMadeForTwo · 09/05/2018 23:55

Report her to World Health? 😂

Get well soon and forget about it.

FissionChips · 09/05/2018 23:57

If someone bothered to contact her about it she will just say it’s all bollocks and you’re making it up. You can’t prove it, go watch netflix and rest.Flowers

User467 · 09/05/2018 23:58

It's the risk of travel, or just being around people.

What would be the purpose of reporting it? What do you think the airline would do? Unless you think it was some notifiable disease YABU. Sounds like you caught a virus from someone, it happens. And contacting world health......really??

Ylvamoon · 10/05/2018 00:01

Have a rest and get well soon! Flowers

I think your temperature is slightly raised, so get some medicine and plenty of sleep.

whyhastherumgone · 10/05/2018 00:03

What did I just read?

Someone sneezed near me on the train yesterday, should I report them to the train line?!

what do you expect them to do OP? It’s not very nice, granted, but if you already had a cold, you can’t prove it hasn’t just got worse surely? And what do you want them to do? Ban her from travelling?

Hmm
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Quantumblue · 10/05/2018 00:07

Ok ii isclearly my fevered addled brain.

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PlainOldJosephineMary · 10/05/2018 00:08

WHO? I was hoping for something more exciting than a rotten cold.

Oh and YABU. But being ill sucks so get well soon OP. All the best.

AlonsosLeftPinky · 10/05/2018 00:10

But you also had a cold so not really sure why you're on your high horse.

OrangeJam · 10/05/2018 00:10

Aw I do feel for you OP - get well soon!

nocoolnamesleft · 10/05/2018 00:14

I am intrigued as to how it was obviously flu. I presume that you did nasal swabs on her, and sent them to a reputable lab? Otherwise it could easily have been paraflu, rhinovirus, adenovirus, respiratory syncitio virus, metapneumovirus etc etc

Whitesea · 10/05/2018 00:20

You would make someone in 'World Health''s day by sending them an email outlining that you caught a cold because another passenger had a cold and was allowed on the plane. I would imagine 'they' would print your email and hang it by the water dispenser so everyone could have a good chuckle.

I hope you get over your cold soon OP.

Wolfiefan · 10/05/2018 00:24

Unless she had Ebola YABU.
I am often unwell after travelling. Too many people. Too little fresh air.

OnTheList · 10/05/2018 00:30

I think you need to ring 111 to report the crime of someone being out of the house while ill.

OnTheList · 10/05/2018 00:31

101 even. Maybe 111 to report that you are ill too.

IAmMatty · 10/05/2018 00:32

Jesus, this is basically the same thread as 'my bus went the wrong way by accident, who do I report it to?' Hmm

Exactly what are you hoping will happen? You'll all be able to travel back in time and save you from the cold?

WTAF is going on with MNers lately! Confused

WorraLiberty · 10/05/2018 00:32

If she was sitting behind you for 12 hours, how could you possibly know that 'at no point did she cover her mouth'?

Unless you have your head on back to front?

Oh and you can't 'feel germs'.

Sorry you're feeling ill but then you were anyway to begin with.

Strokethefurrywall · 10/05/2018 00:32

Unless you have an outbreak of Ebola symptoms it's safe to say that you're massively massively unreasonable.

Go take some drugs and sleep it off Hmm

bunbunny · 10/05/2018 01:02

It also begs the question - if you could feel the germs spraying around you, why didn't you ask her at the time to stop? Or at least to use a hanky or cough into her hands or to do something to stop spreading the germs?

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Quantumblue · 10/05/2018 01:19

I do have a fever and spent much of the night tossing and turning and thinking 'this is Patient zero'. Accept that iabu and probably delirious.

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