Posted on 02/22/2020 11:57:06 PM PST by rintintin
President Trump grew enraged with senior advisers this week when 14 Americans who had tested positive for the coronavirus returned to the U.S. after he had been granted assurances that infected patients would remain in quarantine overseas.
Trump and his coronavirus task force were told last weekend that Americans who had been in quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise liner, where the virus had spread, would be brought home, but that those who had symptoms would remain in Japan.
However, the administration ultimately decided to bring back the 14 Americans who tested positive for the virus and place them in isolation without telling the president.
Administration officials told The Washington Post that Trump learned of the reversal after the fact and was furious that he was not first consulted, reportedly fearing the move could affect the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Charged with reckless endangerment and possibly attempted manslaughter.
The govt ranks are filled with mid-level administrators trying to manipulate policy decisions made several steps above them, and hoping to get away with it. Often they do.
That is how I understood how they flew them home. It’s not like they were in seats all over the plane. They were contained in an area off limits to other passengers.
Glad to see someone else sees this.
This virus, should it become an epidemic in this country, will absolutely result in single payer healthcare.
That would be a start
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