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I would also be very unhappy with this situation and would perhaps ask to be reseated. I wonder if she was flying for an emergency such as an imminent death of a loved one or something along those lines where she just had to fly and the airline decided that her reasoning was worth potentially exposing an airplane full of people to illness.
You have to wonder why this woman was flying...I'd imagine it had to be important.
That other problem is who know what was said or explained to the GA and passed to the FA before had. With the FA's trying to be so helpful instead of removing the passenger I'd imagine something was said to them before had.
It could be pregnancy, chemo, or she's really sick but still needs to get home to look after her children.
It can be difficult to know where the passengers responsibility to remove themselves buts up against the airlines responsibility protect the other passengers.
I hope she's OK and I hope everyone else on the plane didn't catch anything if it was an illness