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turbinetree

(24,703 posts) Mon Feb 17, 2020, 02:59 PM Feb 2020

American cruise passengers quarantined at US military bases

By The Associated Press
36 minutes ago

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantined at military bases in California and Texas on Monday after arriving from Japan on charter flights overnight.

One plane carrying cruise passengers touched down at Travis Air Force Base in Northern California just before midnight Sunday, while another arrived at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas early Monday. The passengers will remain at the bases for two weeks.

Japan’s Defense Minister Taro Kono tweeted earlier that Japanese troops helped transport 340 U.S. passengers on 14 buses from Yokohama port to Tokyo’s Haneda airport. About 380 Americans were on the cruise ship.

The U.S. said it arranged for the evacuation because people on the Diamond Princess were at a high risk of exposure to the new virus that’s been spreading in Asia. For the departing Americans, the evacuation cuts short a 14-day quarantine that began aboard the cruise ship Feb. 5.

https://apnews.com/8296fc5a288587fe08a70fb72d4c433c

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American cruise passengers quarantined at US military bases (Original Post) turbinetree Feb 2020 OP

Holy crap, they have to start quarantine all over again. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #1

Yep. 14 on the plane were tested and found positive jimfields33 Feb 2020 #2

Heard one woman literally in tears over this. "Another two weeks! I can't take it!"... TreasonousBastard Feb 2020 #3

I wonder what the food is like on military installations? Nature Man Feb 2020 #4

Probably pretty good, just not dainty. They have to feed a lot of active young (mostly) men ... Hekate Feb 2020 #5

My BIL joined the Navy at 19 Ex Lurker Feb 2020 #6

BusyBeingBest

(8,054 posts)

1. Holy crap, they have to start quarantine all over again.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 03:00 PM

Feb 2020

Almost a month of quarantine. What if you have to work or attend to children or elderly or pets?

jimfields33

(15,808 posts)

2. Yep. 14 on the plane were tested and found positive

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 03:15 PM

Feb 2020

There were not before the plane left apparently.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

3. Heard one woman literally in tears over this. "Another two weeks! I can't take it!"...

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 03:25 PM

Feb 2020

Sorry, they are trying to save your life along with maybe thousands of others. Save your complaints for something serious.

Like actually getting the virus.

Nature Man

(869 posts)

4. I wonder what the food is like on military installations?

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 03:34 PM

Feb 2020

Hekate

(90,705 posts)

5. Probably pretty good, just not dainty. They have to feed a lot of active young (mostly) men ...

Reply to Nature Man (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 03:47 PM

Feb 2020

...a lot of calories.

There are others here with recent experience of military service -- my impressions are based on decades-ago acquaintance with my dad's assistant scoutmasters, who tended to be from the local Marine base.

Ex Lurker

(3,814 posts)

6. My BIL joined the Navy at 19

Reply to Hekate (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 04:24 PM

Feb 2020

He married my sister at 30. Their first Thanksgiving, she made a fancy meal, including homemade cranberry sauce, which he was reluctant to eat because he was only familiar with the kind that plopped out of the can.

I had no complaints with military food. Not gourmet, but pretty good. Anyway, I've read that while the quarantined people are being housed on base, they're completely separate, including food, medical, etc.

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