Amid cries of racism from black leaders including Jesse Jackson, cases of Ebola have topped 8,000 now, according to official data from the World Health Organization, though many cases could actually be unreported.<\/p>\n
The death toll continues to climb near 4,000, and officials have stressed the outbreak is unprecedented and may continue to get worse.<\/p>\n
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price made similar arguments this week that Thomas Duncan, the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, died because his race and lack of \u201cprivilege\u201d kept him from receiving the care he needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is historical what has happened in this community,\u201d said Mr. Price, who is black. \u201cIf a person who looks like me shows up without any insurance, they don\u2019t get the same treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
An American passenger was booted off a US Airways flight and screened after reportedly joking that he had Ebola and telling the rest of the flyers they were \u201cscrewed.\u201d<\/p>\n
During a flight from Philadelphia to the Dominican Republic, the 54-year-old American \u2013 who remains unidentified \u2013 reportedly yelled, \u201cI have Ebola, you are all screwed,\u201d according to the Dominican news outlet Diario Libre.<\/p>\n
He also yelled out, \u201cI\u2019ve been to Africa!\u201d an airport official told Fox News Latino.<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t yell \u201cbomb,\u201d but he might as well have. After the supposed joke was aired, there was noticeable panic and concern on the airplane, which was carrying 290 passengers. The plane was isolated as soon as it landed in Punta Cana, where a medical team outfitted with hazmat suits boarded the aircraft and removed the passenger.<\/p>\n
After conducting a medical check, the passenger was found not to be infected with the virus. Though he was coughing on the flight, he had no fever when he was inspected. He had never been to Africa, either.<\/p>\n
In a video captured by a passenger, an African-American can be seen being taken out of the plane by medical officials.<\/p>\n
Fifty-eight percent of Americans supported the flight ban, according to a poll conducted in a collaboration between NBC News and\u00a0SurveyMonkey.<\/p>\n
Only twenty percent of respondents did not support a travel ban from the likes of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n
As of earlier this week, neither the World Health Organization nor the White House endorsed an all-out travel ban to the US from affected nations.<\/p>\n
Airplane cabin cleaning crews at New York\u2019s LaGuardia International Airport began a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, citing, in part, possible exposure to the Ebola virus. Meanwhile, a poll found most Americans want flights banned from\u00a0Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole country is shivering, worried about the problems of Ebola,\u201d said Hector Figueroa, President of 32BJ Service Employees International Union, according to CBS New York.<\/p>\n
Cabin cleaners per plane at LaGuardia have been reduced by up to half, and the time to clean planes has been cut down to as little as five minutes, workers said, as reported by CBS New York.<\/p>\n
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