Cruise passengers under coronavirus quarantine say they lack food, basic medical attention

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Cruise passengers under coronavirus quarantine say they lack food, basic medical attention
Letitia Stein
USA TODAY


Cruise ship passengers under federal coronavirus quarantine say they are lacking food, medical attention and are being housed in unsanitary conditions, contradicting Trump's claims that getting them off the Grand Princess was a "tremendous success."

Michelle Saunders and her 83-year-old grandmother, both from Illinois, have been waiting for medical attention and other basics since they were among the 2,000 evacuated from the ship.

At Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia no one came by to check their temperature for nearly two days, Saunders told USA TODAY on Saturday – a standard protocol they were promised to help monitor for infection.

Food was not delivered to their room for more than 12 hours after their arrival, she said. Their room had no towel and one small bar of soap, and she has been told there is no more, despite the constant public health reminders to wash hands.

No efforts are being made to keep the former cruise ship passengers at a safe social distance from each other to avoid spreading the contagious disease either, she said, beyond telling them to wear masks when they leave their rooms.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/03/14/quarantined-cruise-passengers-lacking-basic-medical-care-even-soap/5051059002/?fbclid=IwAR0ENk_elVA-QxfnUSgnoV94Ju7Yz511TCnYE_sGUTXsgdVgVpeF-Vpgyv8

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. The courts are going to be busy after this pandemic passes. nt

[crickets]

2. Oh, shit. This is just inexcusable. Those poor people. nt

[LisaL]

4. We are in about the same situation as "those poor people."

Can't even find toilet paper anymore.

[crickets]

12. True, but we know that supplies will be replenished soon, and even people who are not leaving home

these days have options for ordering delivery of basic goods.

These are people at the mercy of their keepers, and their keepers aren't doing the job. That has to make an already scary situation much worse.

[LisaL]

13. I tried ordering delivery.

Amazon is overwhelmed.

[crickets]

19. Not surprising, but I am sorry to hear it.

Have you tried Instacart? It is amazingly efficient and easy to use. Like Amazon, they are getting slammed too, but it's worth a try. Good luck, and here's hoping all the panic buying will ease up soon.

[gldstwmn]

21. Try Lowe's online.

[Leghorn21]

3. Nothing is being done right

Nothing

“NO MORE SOAP”

WTF

[Phoenix61]

5. The military is not equipped to deal with this.

There is not a squadron that’s job is to do this so they are going to try to make it work and this is the outcome.

[Skittles]

6. people, please STOP GOING ON CRUISES

seriously

[LisaL]

7. Exactly.

Just found out there are positive cases in my area. Sick persons just came from a cruise.

[Skittles]

14. and people aged 80+ going?

freaking INSANITY

[LisaL]

16. I guess forces of habit die hard.

But looks like cruises really are spreading it around.

[James48]

23. Yes, the elderly go on cruises.

It’s part of the U.S. system of elder care.

You can lock them in a nursing home, where, for $6500 a month, they get TV and three meals a day. Or for about half that, you can book a month long cruise on a ship, get unlimited food, get to interact with others, your own cabin, and an aventurine to a different spot each day.

Hundreds of thousands of seniors book cruises because it’s cheaper than a nursing home.

Leave San Diego, travel to Hawaii, Tahiti, Bora Bora and more- a complete 30 day cruise from $3,025. Other 30cruises from $2395.

Hell of a lot cheap, and a lot more fun, than a month locked in a nursing home.

https://www.cruisecompete.com/specials/length/1_month/1

[Skittles]

24. so....it's either a nursing home or a cruise?

those are the only choices???

[brewens]

8. Those people left on 2/19. Did any of them make the descision to go based on what Trump,

and the rest were saying? It was clear to a lot of us going on a cruise wouldn't be a good idea by then. But what about people that have money out and are trying to talk themselves into going? If they watch FOX "News" and trust Trump, he screwed them. In a way you can't say they don't have it coming to them, but very irresponsible of the administration, Hannity and the rest.

[GusBob]

9. they must be going out of their minds

There is no way to imagine it

[Takket]

10. all out hospitals are going to look like that ship in about 2 weeks

[Brother Buzz]

11. Meanwhile, thousands of positive tested people are simply free to go home for their quarantine

Why are these people still held captive? I don't get it.

[LisaL]

15. The base is in Georgia. They let those who lived in Georgia to be

quarantined in their homes. I guess it's logistically too difficult to deliver these people to their homes in other states. I am kind of pissed at the moment because these cruises are spreading it around, including to my county.

[Brother Buzz]

17. I can't address Georgia, but I know of a couple quarantined at Travis AFB...

and they live in Davis, California, a whopping thirty miles away. Davis is in Yolo county, and they have tossed the isolation/quarantine period for people who have been exposed.

[crickets]

20. Also in GA. I hear you.

I'm convinced it's everywhere now, and it didn't have to be this way. Good luck to us all.

[greenjar_01]

22. Trump is not an "implementation" guy, and he's fired everybody who is

He sets directives, and lets them dangle in the wind.

There's no accountability or responsibility in the Trump admin, from the head on down. His sole talent is artificially pumping up his value while attacking others. Is it any surprise that his entire admin works without the slightest hint of accountability anywhere?