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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I'd settle for a 40 day quarantine with the people they let in.
[I vote death penalty for those officials.]
I think they are trying to make Trump sound like a dictator?
if someone o n that flight, or anyone in the us gets the virus, and succumbs to it- those who allowed them to fly should be held accountable
Well, importing active Ebola cases didn't succeed in meeting their goals, so...
Yes including her.
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"Coronavirus outbreak and coronaviruses influenza background as dangerous flu strain cases as a pandemic medical health risk concept with disease cells as a 3D render"
Populist Italian Senator Matteo Salvini slammed the leftist governments handling of the coronavirus as 14 new cases were confirmed in Lombardy and two more in Veneto."
"Salvini made his statements on Friday, slamming the leftist Italian coalition after the first case of the coronavirus was revealed in Codogno, Lombardy."
I think of the controls on who enters and leaves Italy: obviously something is not working, Salvini said in comments reported by Il Giornale."
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The State Department should be reclassified as Domestic Enemies for more reasons than this cluster idiocy.
Everyone on that plane shares the same air. Now there are a hundred possible carriers loose on the streets.
OOPS?
“The State Department” doesn’t make decisions.
Individuals with names do.
I cannot help but notice that the name of the decision maker is being deliberately avoided in these descriptions.
Furious???
Funny how Trump is always furious or angered, while the deep state president de jour is merely concerned.
Wait a minute. Were they infected or were they healthy? What the hell, Faux News?
Per reports....all but 14 passengers (who WERE infected), were reported to be healthy, at time of boarding buses, taking them to this flight home.
In actuality...due to the nature of this virus...more than 14 passengers could very well have been infected, at time of flight.
(I think I read a report that an additional passenger, who’d cleared the boarding screening, actually became symptomatic in flight, and had to be moved to this ‘isolation’ area, within the plane.)
I just don’t think there is any way to truly confirm infection, with the standard temp tests/screening.
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Yes.
But he needs to realize lots of obama holdovers in the cdc too.
Wow...that's just...wow.
Hey Chow!
Ska-rew the TSA!
Fire them all and let the airports do it properly.
Well, isn't THAT interesting??
My thoughts exactly!
The anti-American left has no moral boundaries, and would kill innocent people at will, while mocking them at the see time, if they thought it would further their left-wing agenda, or hurt President Trump.
“He needs to fire everyone involved in this.”
indeed ... or if their positions can not be eliminated, at least reposted to somewhere in the Aleutians instead ...
Posted earlier.
Coronavirus Drag On U.S. Economy Appears Bigger Than Expected
*facepalm*
What the !@#%&#@!! is wrong with people???
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