So it turns out there is no Ebola virus of any type in the ATCC database apparently because it has not met the criteria for their cataloging of microbes.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/southwest-flight-diverts-atlanta-airport-armed-tactical-units-detain-man-frightening-security-scare

There is something wrong with this story. 1). I’m sometimes “agitated” before a flight. That by itself doesn’t qualify a swat team. And then 2) his agitation while stowing a bag somehow caused a mid-flight emergency diversion of the aircraft. And 3) Both versions of reporting say this:

During the flight, fellow passengers reportedly saw him texting something that appeared to resemble a threat.

I can’t read my husband’s texts when he’s sitting next to me. But here more than one passenger saw him texting, and were worried by something they read to report it to the flight crew? Was he texting mid flight?

I hope we get some follow up.

Ok now it appears a Middle Eastern guy— Muslim—not pictured, set his phone alarm to go off to make his Ramadan Prayers.