Originally Posted by
flyinbob
The question I have is how long the germ lives outside the human body. The only place the TSA would have contacted the passenger is IAD, but then depending on how many others they touched next and how long the germ can survive on human skin or luggage it could have gone to all points UA goes from IAD.
At IAD, DHS/CBP. At BWI, DHS/TSA. Close enough in both places for airborne transmission between DHS employees and the infected/infectious UA passenger.