Posted on 02/22/2020 9:27:29 AM PST by blam
President Trump was furious that 14 Americans infected with the coronavirus returned to the United States without his permission rather than remain in quarantine overseas, according to a new report.
Trump had been briefed that the healthy U.S. passengers who spent weeks quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan would be allowed to fly home on two chartered planes -- while those who were sick or infected would stay in Japan to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
The president became "furious" with senior advisers after learning the 14 Americans who tested positive had been put on a plane with healthy passengers, according to The Washington Post. One official told the paper that the failure to inform Trump of the decision in advance of the plane's departure was a big operational mistake.
Trump complained that bringing home the infected Americans could damage the adminstratration's response to the global health outbreak.
While the Americans evacuated from the ship were on buses on the tarmac in Tokyo, U.S. officials got the results back that 14 had tested positive for COVID-19 but had not yet shown symptoms. Officials made the decision to have them fly home anyway, but isolated from the other passengers on the plane.
These individuals were moved in the most expeditious and safe manner to a specialized containment area on the evacuation aircraft to isolate them in accordance with standard protocol, the State Department and Department of Health and Human Services said in a joint statement Monday.
After consultation with HHS officials the State Department made the decision to allow the 14 individuals, who were in isolation, separated from other passengers, and continued to be asymptomatic, to remain on the aircraft to complete the evacuation process.
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true’dat, Paladin2, as the youngsters say.
Thanks, I wondered about that also. I was not quick enough to catch on.
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Isolated can mean lots of things. They have yet to explain what it means.
* they sat together in the back rows
* they had a section separated by taped-up visqueen but still breathing cabin air
* they were isolated and had separate ventilation from the rest of the aircraft cabins
* they were in special complete isolation pods (phot in an earlier post)
I hope he sacks lots of people over this.
allendale wrote:
“It would be paranoid to suggest that there are people within the deep state that would do anything to postpone or sabotage the next election to prevent the reelection of Trump and a Democratic debacle.”
I disagree.
The deep state will do —anything— to hold on to power.
Not paranoid at all.
(If you were being sarcastic, you left off the /s tag)
Just wonderin’. Your gonna format that so it’s readable and repost?
And at what point were they “isolated and separated”? Why wouldn’t anyone think that more are already infected and just not testing positive, yet?
Who WANTS the airplane, now? Or the inside of this “isolation” chamber?
The whole plane should have been taxied into a pool of kerosene and ignited upon landing. I suppose the people should be removed first, but not by the clowns that thought this up in the first place.
The worst case in this will be China recovering from the worst of this, just as things are escalating out of control in America.
What is it about the cases I have seen reported in San Diego (200)? Costa Mesa CA has been mentioned also with 70 being taken there for quarantine . (from cruise ship?)
Pretty much. They were loaded into this type of bio-containment module:
In Venice in the 14th century they fixed on a quarantine period of 40 days (which is, after all, where the word came from) - ironic to contemplate that that might be better policy than our current one after all these years.
Agreed, at least at first glance.
This is the tricky part about a highly contagious virus that can survive on a inanimate surface for up to XX days. The 14 who were asymptomatic for the 14 day quarantine could have been exposed as late as the day they left the contaminated ship. They may have then served as asymptomatic carriers that contaminated various surfaces and other humans...etc.
Deep state wanted us in a hot war with Russia.
It’s completely believeable they’d import this here on purpose.
There is only one central air system on most airliners. What is exhaled by persons anywhere on the plane can circulate in that air system.
I hate headlines which make an inflammatory statement but end with " :report". The headline writer knows that the little convention at the end will be missed by most people and omitted entirely in many so-called copies to other formats.
Then the article begins with a statement ending with "according to a report." Who made the report? The report could have been something written on a piece of paper by the writer's friend.
she also has close family ties to the CCP
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I’m not an alarmist about this mess but what State and HHS did with these 14 was outright stupid and they know it. All involved need fired because they are too stupid for responsible jobs.
These individuals were moved in the most expeditious and safe manner to a specialized containment area on the evacuation aircraft to isolate them in accordance with standard protocol, the State Department and Department of Health and Human Services said in a joint statement Monday.
Classic gooberment bureaucrap double speak and throw a blanket over it.
Trump should be pissed off but he should also make an example of these fools who made this stupid decision.
Trump is about to learn that “The Buck Stops Here”, he will be blamed no matter what.
Well, one out three ain’t bad!
very good possibility that this data largely applies to the early strain, not the mutated one now, as many of the symptoms are different as well as incubation periods
I’m shocked.
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