Carnival Chairman Micky Arison Makes "Generous Offer" to Supply Idle Cruise Ships as Floating Hospit

[SoCalNative]

At the televised coronavirus press conference this morning, President Trump announced that he is considering using Carnival Cruise Line ships as floating hospitals for coronavirus patients. President Trump stated that he received a “generous offer” from Carnival Corporation’s Chairman Micky Arison.

Trump further stated that he will be speaking with the governors of the state of New York and California to obtain their thoughts regarding how the cruise ships might be used. The president said that he was scheduled to meet with FEMA after the press conference.

The U.S. federal government used Carnival cruise ships in the past following hurricanes which struck the Caribbean in the fall of 2017 and New Orleans in 2005. Carnival made tremendous profits after the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) accepted no-bid contracts totaling over $310,000,000 for the use of four ships.

Although Trump characterized cruise tycoon Arison’s offer as “generous,” he did not mention any details of the proposed deal.

https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2020/03/articles/disease/carnival-chairman-micky-arison-makes-generous-offer-to-supply-idle-cruise-ships-as-floating-hospitals-to-fema/?fbclid=IwAR0h5R3Y1Mr2oJlIbvbICZs60B6KrK0Zj5fivqfI6D_sP_Bymy6_QS__81E#disqus_thread

[northoftheborder]

1. How about turning Mar-a-Lago into a hospital.

But not paying resort rates for beds.

[Turbineguy]

2. That would be "Generous" too

[jpak]

3. Cuz cruise ships are the best places to be during the Jinavirus hoax

SMH

[HotTeaBag]

7. Well, if they could retro-fit them as temporary hospitals or quarantine areas

then it wouldn't be a bad idea at all.

It's not like the cruise lines have any actual business right now - seems like a shame to leave those ships just sitting there empty, we will need every available space we can find soon.

[jpak]

8. We have seen what happens on cruise ships - hard evidence

They are petri dishes - not hospital ships.

Trump is a fucking fool

[Liberal In Texas]

13. They actually have hospitals on board. Of course they're nowhere near large enough to be of use.

[jpak]

14. And they have recurring outbreaks of Norovirus

Petri dishes

Yup

[Retrograde]

4. Will they be cleaned first?

If properly cleaned and if rigorous isolation procedures are followed a cruise ship might not be a bad place to isolate patients and staff. Given how good a job they do at spreading diseases in "normal" times I'm not expecting much.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

5. No-bid contracts area license to steal.

They were used almost exclusively during Dubya's vanity war ("All great presidents have been war time presidents," he told his biographer) and as a result taxpayers got stuck with millions -- maybe billions -- of expenses they would not have had under the normal acquisition process.

[Fresh_Start]

6. how many doctors, nurses, hospital beds, and ventilators do they have?

because the ship is useless without the staff and equipment...

better to use facilities near existing staff.equipment...maybe to relocate patients who no longer need intensive care

[customerserviceguy]

10. They've got this guy

[customerserviceguy]

9. Carnival?

No thanks, I wouldn't have taken one of their cruises even before the C-19 crisis.

[SoCalNative]

11. They own many different lines

including Cunard and Holland America

[customerserviceguy]

12. And the Princess line

that has been in the news lately. Carnival management running them all into the ground.