With a plane full of 500+ passengers and crew, 10 sick people is a blip - 2%. Since planes are, as others have observed, incubators for illness, that's a pretty small number and likely to be explained away by any number of things, i.e., they were ill before they boarded the plane, members of one family, food poisoning via specific/special meals, etc.

On the other hand 100 sick is 20%. That's "Strain"-level illness, and I'd begin looking for a vampire in a casket in cargo.

Question. Is JFK or any other large international airport set up to accommodate/quarantine a plane-load of sick passengers and crew? I would guess that they would say the answer is yes, but in practical terms probably not.

They aren't even equipped to handle weather delays!

it was something worse we would have seen alot more than 10 people on a flight with 100+ on board.

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https://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/US/2018/09/05/Emirates-plane-quarantined-at-JFK-Airport-with-100-sick-on-board/2981536156221/

One of the symptoms is said to be coughing. Most likely some sort of virus.

that can cause people to become ill plus some foods we eat are poisonous if not properly prepared.

People were sick before they took off. Not good.

The flight originated in the Middle East, where MERS has been most prevalent: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/index.html

And MERS is a nasty disease that causes flu-like symptoms.

I'm sure a few hours away from him and they'll be just fine.