MIAMI – The discovery of the first case of Ebola in the U.S. has rattled nerves and raised awareness for passengers traveling at South Florida airports, but not enough to bring travel to a halt.
Some said they aren't too worried, because Ebola is not an airborne disease.
"Do we think about it? Yea. Would I go there? No. Will I still travel? Yes," said Marico Tomas, a passenger at Miami International Airport.
Still, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is giving airlines checklists as far as what to do if they think a passenger may be infected with Ebola, including a protocol to sterilize air crafts and remove the passenger.
In the case of Thomas Erin Duncan, removing him wasn't an option. He had no symptoms while on his trip.
Duncan started in Liberia and flew to Brussels. He then took a United Airlines flight to Washington, D.C. and then flew to Dallas, Texas, where he's currently hospitalized.
"This is not necessarily about traveling right now -- this is about a rapid race to save lives," said MIA passenger, Wayne Caines. "And so I think we should focus less on the traveling ban and more on the humanitarian crisis that is evolving in Liberia and Sierra Leone."
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