Now we know what caused that plane ‘quarantine’ at JFK
Spoiler alert: It's not zombies.
By Kat Eschner September 6, 2018
It's actually pretty impressive that we don't spread disease on planes more often.
Update: A new statement from the CDC says of the 11 passengers taken to the hospital, "Preliminary tests indicate that some patients tested positive for influenza and/or other common respiratory viruses." They are being treated. The CDC asks that the other passengers on the plane contact their health provider if they start to have symptoms.
The good news is, we’re (probably) not witnessing the start of a zombie apocalypse—but the news of Wednesday morning's quarantine of a flight carrying more than 500 people at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York does point to a vector of disease transmission that freaks out the public.
https://www.popsci.com/jfk-plane-quarentine#page-2
