New COVID-19 cases on US carrier despite extensive screening
Source: Agence France-Presse
15 May 2020 - 06:54
BY AFP
Five US sailors have been evacuated with coronavirus from an aircraft carrier despite extensive screening as the warship prepares its return to sea following a major outbreak, a US official confirmed Thursday.
After testing positive but asymptomatic, the five spent two weeks in quarantine in Guam where the nuclear-powered USS Theodore Roosevelt is docked, the official said, confirming a New York Times report.
After each registered negative twice in subsequent tests, they were permitted back aboard the ship.
But they were later retested and again found positive.
Read more: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2020-05-15-new-covid-19-cases-on-us-carrier-despite-extensive-screening/
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)It only tells you if someone has been infected.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)But they were later retested and again found positive.
Blues Heron
(5,938 posts)nitpicker
(7,153 posts)It's one possible explanation.
oldsoftie
(12,555 posts)Come up with treatments. Waiting on a vaccine is a weak wish. Even the flu vaccine only protects maybe 1/2 of who gets it. Getting good treatments will become more important and effective in reducing the number of deaths.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)Igel
(35,320 posts)Reinfection is something that has been widely suspected but every time it's been double checked it's come back negative. Yes, they test positive; no, they're not infected or contagious.
patphil
(6,182 posts)Either the test that was used is pretty much useless, or the virus in asymptomatic patients can flare up after a dormant period.
In either event, it doesn't bode well for our navy. Navel vessels are the perfect breeding ground for the virus...thousands of sailors in a steel ship with nearly infinite places for the virus to hang out on surfaces for days.