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Another article: Urgent health threat? Passenger drops dead mid-flight after 'liters of blood erupts from his mouth and nose’ by: Pat Droney 2024-02-10 Source: Law Enforcement Today Editorial Editor note: There are a lot of questions still open surrounding this story. At this time, our sources tell us that not a single one of the passengers was believed to have been quarantined - but rather went on to travel on other planes shortly after. Although officials have not released ANY information about what caused the man's death - healthcare experts who are sources of Law Enforcement Today have raised concerns about exactly what it may have been - and encouraged us to read up about hemorrhagic fevers. We'd encourage you to do the same. Education is the best tool we have to protect our families - no matter what this turns out to be. Bangkok, Thailand- A disturbing story in the New York Post tells of a passenger on board a flight from Thailand to Germany who suddenly had blood begin gushing out of his mouth and nose. That passenger died from the massive loss of blood. The passenger, a 63-year-old German man, boarded the Lufthansa Airlines flight in Bangkok shortly before midnight. According to sources, the man was visibly sick as he boarded the aircraft, with “cold sweats” and “breathing much too quickly,” according to Swiss German outlet Blick. Initial reports say the man’s wife claimed they had been in a rush to catch the flight, explaining why he wasn’t feeling well. However, that didn’t sit well with Karin Missfelder, a nursing specialist at the University Hospital in Zurich, who told a flight attendant that the man needed to be examined by a doctor. That led a young Polish man, who claimed to be a doctor, to examine the man, who asked the male how he was feeling. Told he was ok and only checking his pulse, the “doctor” claimed the man was okay. “They gave him a little chamomile tea, but he already spit blood into the bag that his wife held out to him,” said Martin Missfelder, Karin’s husband. That was only the beginning of the horrific episode, as blood soon started streaming from the man’s mouth and nose. “It was absolute horror; everyone was screaming,” Martin Missfelder said. Missfelder believed the man lost “liters” of blood, with much of it splattering on the cabin of the Airbus A-380. The man soon went into cardiac arrest, and flight attendants performed CPR for about a half-hour on the man, even as Karin Missfelder knew it was hopeless. After attempts to revive the man failed, the captain announced the passenger had passed away. The cabin crew carried him to the aft galley of the plane, and the airliner turned and headed back to Thailand. In a statement, Lufthansa Airlines praised the cabin crew and those who assisted the stricken passenger. “Although immediate and comprehensive first aid measures were taken by the crew and a doctor on board, the passenger died during the flight,” the statement read. “Our thoughts are with the relatives of the deceased passenger. We also regret the inconvenience caused to the passengers of this flight,” the statement continued. According to flight data, the airliner departed Bangkok at 11:50 pm local time on Thursday and landed in Thailand at 8:28 am Friday. Passengers said they waited approximately two hours after landing back in Bangkok before getting rebooked on another flight to Germany. Kristin Missfelder regretted not intervening earlier, although it is unknown if that would have made a difference. “I should have intervened, but I saw that a doctor was looking after him, so I didn’t want to get involved,” she said, admitting that “the man looked so bad, I don’t understand why the captain took off.” Lufthansa was criticized for their handling of passengers, including the victim’s wife, after the incident. Martin Missfelder said Lufthansa staff left passengers to fend for themselves upon returning to Thailand. “She stood there all alone and apathetic and had to endure all the formalities,” Missfelder told Blick, according to the Daily Mail. The airline offered the traumatized passengers only the equivalent of a $12 voucher for their inconvenience. It is unknown what caused the sudden loss of blood of the victim. No further details have been released, including the name of the victim or if an autopsy was performed.

No quarantine. Here's from another article: After the plane landed in Bangkok, it took 2 hours before anyone from Lufthansa showed up to assist. Passengers were allowed to leave the plane. No discussion about isolation was overheard, raising the question about what the cause was for this passenger to have been spitting up so much blood. Passengers received a $10 meal voucher, and some passengers were booked to Hong Kong to connect on another Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt. No one at Lufthansa assisted the grief-stricken wife. The deceased grief-stricken wife was left unattended by the airline and airport staff. She had to clear customs and immigration on her own, looking heartbroken, confused, and lost. More than 30 passengers witnessed the event on board and were equally traumatized and were also left alone after this 2-hour wait. A Swiss passenger told the Swiss news outlet Blick that he was expecting an apology or more from Lufthansa on how this emergency which should never have gotten to this stage was handled. In a detailed statement, Lufthansa said: “We confirm that on 8 February 2024, on flight LH773 (Airbus A380) from Bangkok to Munich, a medical emergency of a passenger occurred on board. “Although immediate and comprehensive first aid measures were taken by the crew and a doctor on board, the passenger died during the flight. After 1.5 hours of flight time, the crew decided to return to Bangkok, where the aircraft landed normally and safely. “There, the instructions of the medical emergency services and the Thai authorities were followed. The passengers on this flight have since been rebooked on other alternative flights, as it has been canceled. “Our thoughts are with the relatives of the deceased passenger. We also regret the inconvenience caused to the passengers of this flight.” Airlines have different policies in place on how to proceed after a passengers dies on a flight.

Man dies mid-flight after breaking out in 'cold sweats' and losing 'liters of blood,' scaring his fellow passengers Lauren Edmonds Feb 10, 2024, 2:19 PM GMT-5 A 63-year-old man died during a Lufthansa flight this week after losing "liters of blood' in a scene that terrified passengers. The unidentified man boarded a Lufthansa flight from Bangkok to Munich with his wife on Thursday, according to Swiss-German outlet Blick. Witnesses Martin and Karin Missfelder told Blick that they sat in the row diagonally behind the male passenger and his wife. Karin Missfelder said the man looked unwell when he boarded the plane. Airline cabin Airline cabin. iStock/Getty Images "He had cold sweats" and "was breathing much too quickly," Karin Missfelder said in a translated quote. The man's wife said his breathing and appearance looked off because they rushed to catch the flight, but the symptoms worried the crew. Despite their initial hesitations, the crew allowed the man to remain on the flight. Karin Missfelder, a nursing specialist at the University Hospital in Switzerland, told Blick that her concerns for the man persisted, prompting her to tell a flight attendant that a doctor should examine the man. At this point, the plane's captain arrived and briefly spoke to the man. "He then called for a doctor over the loudspeaker and a young, around 30-year-old man from Poland with poor English looked at the German," Karin Missfelder said. Martin Missfelder said the doctor however did little to treat the man beyond checking his pulse and asking how he felt. Soon, the man's health drastically deteriorated. "They then gave him a little chamomile tea, but he already spit blood into the bag that his wife held out to him," Martin Missfelder said. At one point, Martin Missfelder said blood gushed out of the man's nose and mouth. He said the man lost "liters of blood," some of which splattered onto the aircraft's walls. "It was absolute horror. Everyone was screaming," Martin Missfelder told Blick. Flight attendants immediately jumped in and attempted to resuscitate the man, Blick reported. "It was dead quiet on board," Karin Missfelder said. Data from flightradar24, an online air traffic tracker, showed that the flight departed from the Bangkok International Airport at 12:07 a.m. before diverting back amid the chaos. Karin Missfelder told Blick the man, now dead, was carried into the galley as the plane returned to the airport. A Lufthansa representative confirmed the death to Blick.

A blueray/DVD/CD player is on my list of things to look at in Loja today. They were $130 at the local store in Florida, are $45-$75 on Amazon. Some of the things I want are already only available on blueray, as I missed my chance to get them on DVD.

Who identifies? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cottagecore (sometimes referred to as Countrycore or Farmcore)[1][2] is an internet aesthetic idealising rural life. Originally based on a rural European life,[3] it was developed throughout the 2010s and was first named cottagecore on Tumblr in 2018.[4] The aesthetic centres on traditional rural clothing, interior design, and crafts such as drawing, baking, and pottery, and is related to similar aesthetic movements such as grandmacore, goblincore, gnomecore and fairycore. Some sources describe cottagecore as a subculture of Millennials and Generation Z. Economic forces and other challenges facing these young people may be a significant driver of this trend, along with these generations' emphasis on sustainability, and the trend to work from home (initially during the COVID-19 pandemic). Aesthetic and lifestyle elements The tenets of cottagecore can help its proponents satisfy a desire for "an aspirational form of nostalgia" as well as an escape from many forms of stress and trauma.[5] The New York Times described it as a reaction to hustle culture and the advent of personal branding.[5] The Guardian called it a "visual and lifestyle movement designed to fetishize the wholesome purity of the outdoors."[6] Cottagecore emphasizes simplicity and the soft peacefulness of the pastoral life as an escape from the dangers of the modern world.[7] It became highly popular on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][6][9] *** Food and gardening Self-sufficiency, such as baking one's own bread, is integral to cottagecore. Growing one's own food in one's own garden and baking one's own bread all reflect the philosophy of self-sufficiency of cottagecore, though the aesthetic does not demand living in the countryside.[9][18] Cottagecore gardening is intended to be environmentally friendly, often including permacultural farming practices.[19][20] For example, the cultivation of a variety of perennial and annual native plants (i.e. plants endemic to the areas near one's home) helps attract insects, including bees, and as such promotes biodiversity and increases pollination of food-producing crops.[20] Other aspects The aesthetic encourages taking care of oneself physically and mentally.[9] Followers of cottagecore typically purchase secondhand or vintage furniture.[18][21] They may take up hobbies including knitting, crochet, painting, and reading.[22] These are bits from the Wikipedia article. Go there if you want more. I had been hearing about Cottagecore and got curious...now I know.

Happy birthday! Those yard-long zukes are prized here, cut in cubes like potatoes for soup.

There was a signup to ride here, but I was not on line that day and it filled up before I did get back. Do what you can. What else can you do?

Ambergris makes a good point and it is a subject that should be explored further. So as not to steal MT3B’s great thread I have started a new thread in the Edge for this topic and copied Ambergris’s post there. Please make your replies to her there! Mother Here's a hard fact: You asked for the high grocery prices. Remember a few years back, when the farmers had ripe crops rotting in the fields because no one would come pick them? You've seen the same farmers not planting or planting machine-harvestable crops since? That's the price of the get-tough immigration policies y'all have been talking about in other posts. Hard-bodied illegals with super-low pay expectations put groceries on your table at a reasonable cost. You close borders and make the price of getting caught too high, it cuts off the tap of super-cheap labor. Here's another hard fact: American farmers deserve to make a decent living. When you squeeze their margins until they can't make any living, you invite Chinese investors to buy them out. And when you regulate the price of food to less than the price of producing the food, farmers stop producing. That's Venezuela.

Different cocoa powders have different chemical reactions.

I checked the ingredients online. I can't eat it without consequences, but it looks like a thing to store for normal people. A reasonably good source of fats, quality proteins, and flavor. Keep an eye on the dates, of course. Wal-Mart is not always good at rotating stock. Nutrition Facts Serving Size: cup (62ggrams) Amount Per Serving Calories50 % Daily Value* Total Fat 3.5ggrams4%Daily Value Saturated Fat 1ggrams5%Daily Value Trans Fat 0ggrams Cholesterol 15mgmilligrams5%Daily Value Sodium 340mgmilligrams15%Daily Value Total Carbohydrates 4ggrams1%Daily Value Dietary Fiber 0ggrams0%Daily Value Sugars 1ggrams Includes 0ggrams Added Sugars0%Daily Value Protein 1ggrams Vitamin D 0mcgmicrograms0%Daily Value Calcium 30mgmilligrams2%Daily Value Iron 0.2mgmilligrams1%Daily Value Potassium 40mgmilligrams1%Daily Value The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. INGREDIENTS: WATER, CREAM, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SUNFLOWER OIL, PARMESAN CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DAIRY PRODUCT SOLIDS, MODIFIED EGG YOLK (EGG YOLKS, SALT, PHOSPHOLIPASE), SALT, CONTAINS 0.5% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: ROMANO CHEESE (MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), NATURAL FLAVORS, ROASTED GARLIC POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, XANTHAN GUM, BLUE CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), SPICES, LACTIC ACID, ONION POWDER.

I'm better, but I definitely need to pick up stronger antihistamines, possibly to combine. Need to consult a pharmacist about this. My throat swelled, although not enough to endanger my breathing.

Went to a one-year-old's birthday party. Wow. I don't know what that clown got paid, but I bet she's underpaid. Then got home and got stabbed in the throat by a wasp. Am now on three Benadryl and not noticeably swelling. Going to bed.

Niacin tablets too. Make sure the label says "nicotinic acid," although B3 or tryptophan might work in a pinch.

I used to stock mostly angel food cake mix. However, the boys were always asking for spice or carrot, which took a lot of mixing in, or for brownies, so when I saw Covid coming, I ordered a case each of those (and chocolate cake). Not money wasted--although the third (fourth?) case of brownies took a looooong time to finish.

I used to have an old torn army blanket for this--my thinking was that wool would not scorch, and I was afraid of melting a polyester or nylon-filled quilt/blanket. Now a days, the army blankets are "woobies" and you have to go vintage or foreign to get better than a 30 percent wool. Sigh.

Dog is a lot like goat.

Went to Publix the other night and gagged when I saw $28 a pound for regular (not prime or anything special) boneless rib eyes. They were running half that a year ago. Greenwise was cheaper. I asked DS1 how he's been handling that. He said, "not eating steak." I'm not the only one exploring a different world, I guess. (DS2, on the other hand, never was into steak, which is to his advantage in times like this.) DS1 spent a few months living out of the freezers and pantry. There's still a ton of stuff to throw away because he didn't and won't touch it.

No, the kids almost all got sick, but for the babies, and adults stayed well except us. One kid who got sick shared a huge plate of fried rice with her mom, who did not. Luckily, it was a short-lived bug.

I spread them out.

Yeah, someone at the Little Cousins' dinner on...23rd? must have been sick. Yesterday H was in Loja taking care of godbaby's mother in the hospital (getting stabilized and rehydrated) while H's husband took care of godbaby while I spent my second straight day shuffling between bed and toilet.

Garlic is a vegetable. Eat your vegetables, dear.

Send him a copy labeled "X in front of somebody else's presents."

Copied from a progressives' page, btw.