Related to Q post re Magic Sword?

People sick returning from the Middle East:

Magic Sword is said in internet articles to have studied mosquito borne diseases.

What is the disease that these passengers have?

"Flu like symptoms" is the catch all for fever and cough.

https://nypost.com/2018/09/05/emirates-flight-with-dozens-of-sick-passengers-lands-at-jfk/

"apparent case of the flu"

"flu-like symptoms"

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-05/emirates-flight-quarantined-new-york-after-100-passengers-get-sick

NYPD's Counter-Terrorism unit is "monitoring" the situation…

Quoting Twitter:

Monitoring what appears to be a medical situation at JFK airport. We are working with the Port Authority and our Federal partners. pic.twitter.com/HisKnrqXst

— NYPDCounterterrorism (@NYPDCT) September 5, 2018

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=magic%20sword%20dod+site:www.health.mil&t=brave

"Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD) was part of the joint service chemical and

biological warfare test program conducted during the 1960s. Project SHAD encompassed

tests designed to identify US warships’ and ashore installations’ vulnerabilities to attacks

with chemical or biological warfare agents and to develop procedures to respond to such

attacks while maintaining a war-fighting capability.

The purpose of Magic Sword was to study the feasibility of an offshore release of Aedes

aegypti mosquitoes and to obtain information on mosquito biting habits, mosquito trap

technology, and operational and logistical problems associated with the delivery of mosquitoes

to remote sites."