From AFP:
Washington (AFP) - More than 10 percent of the 4,800 crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Navy said Saturday, days after the navy chief resigned over his mishandling of the outbreak. "92 percent of the TR crew have been tested.
As of today, 550 were positive, 3,673 were negative," a US Navy spokesman told AFP. The spokesman said 3,696 have been moved to hotels and barracks available on Guam, where the ship has been docked since its former captain blew the whistle on the outbreak, igniting a public standoff with the Pentagon that culminated in the resignation of US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly on Tuesday.First thing I want to see is it is terrible that this has happened. I'm sure many people are very sick, just as many people in the office where I work were terribly sick in January and February.
But that being said, I would not imagine many people will die.
We know the statistics from the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship:
2670 passengers
712 cases
11 deaths
And that is on a ship which was presumably filled with older people.
It will be interesting to see what happens on a ship filled with strong young members of the Navy.
2 comments:
The timing of his release could imply that our own POTUS' assistance was involved - given many reports that the HCQ cocktail response is within hours/days...
1. PM admitted to hospital over virus symptoms (April 5, 2020)
https://twitter.com/MartinSLewis/status/1246895709917458434
2. Boris Johnson Moved to Intensive Care: Foreign Minister....(April 6, 2020 NYT)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/europe/boris-johnson-coronavirus-hospital-intensive-care.html
3. Trump has asked two companies working on Covid-19 therapies to see if they can help Boris.
"We've contacted all of Boris's doctors", he says. Offered help. "They are read to go". April 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/benrileysmith/status/1247280762510094336
4. Delingpole: Trump Offers Boris Coronavirus Drugs Not Available Through British Health Provider (April 7, 2020)
https://twitter.com/BreitbartLondon/status/1247558240109461505
5. Downing Street: Boris Johnson Stable, Responding to Treatment (...But WHAT treatment?) 4/8/2020
https://twitter.com/andrewbostom/status/1247951592789282817
6. BREAKING: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved out of intensive care as his condition has improved.(April 9, 2020)
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1248318773276356617
7. Boris Johnson discharged from hospital
https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/1249314679601725440
We are so screwed!!!!!!
The captain of one of our frontline, top of the line defenses allows his communication to be publicized over sick crew on an AIRCRAFT CARRIER!!!
If this is the quality of our command and communications system we are easy prey to any enemy.
I don't know the details and therefore can't really judge guilt, be GUILT there damn well is!
They've hollowed out the entire US military.
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