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Old May 7, 2021, 11:19 am
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Originally Posted by IflyonAA
Some people deserve to be put up against a wall and ....

Disgraceful.
The Passenger is the one that deserves to be Impaled. The local press has been covering this story in some detail, and some reports are saying that this Idiot was very much aware that he had clear CoVid like symptoms... thats why he got creative and didnt go the "normal" route to get a Swab or similar lab based test. Apparently, he was coached to be able to do a virtual (online) consultation with a "doctor" and by using scripted answers got a "clean bill of health" which he they used to "fool" the AA check-in staff into thinking he was good to board the plane. Some are saying that he also took medicine to reduce his fever to further "mask" his clinical profile.

Turns out the Bozo probably didnt take enough temperature-suppressing medicine because the entire reason why he was flagged upon arrival into EZE was that his temperature triggered the alarms of the thermal scanners that all arriving pax go through. Once the local health authorities saw this, he was immediatetly intercepted by Medical Staff (escorted by Argentine Aeronautical Police), and he was isolated, tested (twice) and then formally charged. He then spent a couple of days detained and I think he was released just 2 or 3 days ago on bail and is now awaiting the judicial proceedings.
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