JFK traveler hurried into isolation at airport amid SARS fears NEW YORK (AP) =97 Doctors reportedly rushed a traveler at John F. Kennedy=20 International Airport into isolation this week because they were concerned= =20 that he might have contracted Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. "Most=20 likely it is some garden-variety virus," Dr. Steven Garner, who treated the= =20 man, told the New York Times for its Friday editions. "But you do the least= =20 harm by following the protocol." The man, who arrived at the airport on=20 Wednesday afternoon, told the driver of a van from the airport's medical=20 center that he had a fever and a cough. He asked to see a doctor or nurse,= =20 but said he might just need some Tylenol, the Times said.The man, who said= =20 he had a flight to catch at 4:30 p.m., was told to put on a mask and gloves= =20 and taken to the airport medical center, where he was quickly isolated, the= =20 Times said.The man told doctors he was heading to Pakistan, but at one=20 point said he had recently been in western Asia, and gave conflicting=20 accounts of his symptoms and travel, the Times said.The man, whose name was= =20 withheld by doctors, agreed to be held overnight and was hospitalized at=20 Mary Immaculate, where blood samples and swabs were taken. He was released= =20 on Thursday.The city's Health Department currently lists three probable and= =20 18 suspected cases of SARS, all in people who have recently traveled to an= =20 area affected by the disease. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.cso.gov.tt TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************