Crowds ignore social distancing rules to watch USNS Comfort

[riversedge]

Source: nypost




March 30, 2020 | 2:25pm | Updated


Crowds of gawkers ignored New York’s social-distance regulations and packed the west side of Manhattan on Monday to watch a US Navy hospital ship arrive to give badly needed coronavirus aid.

The throngs of people stood shoulder to shoulder and took photos of the USNS Comfort as it pulled into Pier 90 near West 50th Street at about 10:40 a.m., photos of the scene show.

Some waved American flags and others huddled against one another at the fence of the pier. Meanwhile, joggers out for a morning run brushed past the onlookers.

At least a dozen NYPD cops stood by and initially did not disperse the bone-headed bystanders as they gathered and snapped cellphone photos of the ship pulling into the pier.

After members of the City Hall press corps tweeted about the throngs of people, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s communications team directed the NYPD to get the crowds to disperse.................................

Read more: https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/crowds-ignore-social-distancing-rules-to-watch-usns-comfort/

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[jpak]

1. Idiots

Yup

[ancianita]

2. Mindless.

[sarcasmo]

3. Covidiots

[DENVERPOPS]

25. Good one sarcasm,.....Top notch awesome.....

Now THAT, might just catch on countrywide.......

Actually, they were just trying to reserve a bed, knowing that because of their close contact they would soon be needing one.....

[Brainfodder]

30. One problem, SS Comfort is for NON-COVID19 patients.

Lost in this is HOLY HELL what happens if I have a heart attack now?

SS Comfort is needed so people with other horrific things can avoid getting C-19 at the already overwhelmed hospitals and help keep that valuable ship used all over, CLEAR of C-19!

[DENVERPOPS]

33. Frankly, I'm surprised that

all of the beds on the ship aren't already reserved for Republican Politiicians and Rich New York City Republican Donors......

They can't be expected to be mixed in with the Democrat Riff-Raff for their medial needs, now can they......

Would love to walk thru and also see if every single bed has it's own respirator.......

[dchill]

36. And there you have it. They would doom us all.

[Sedona]

4. Darwin award winners all

[IronLionZion]

5. It's hard to social distance in a city like NY

You can't avoid people no matter where you go. Some of these crowded tiny apartments are going to be like the shining with cabin fever.

While I don't want to be anywhere near people like this, I get why they would do it.

[Akakoji]

6. True. They also need to learn how to use social media better

None of them seem to be wearing gloves or masks though. Not very clever.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

38. Yeah, NYC is too densely populated. n/t

[NonPC]

7. Probably Trump Supporters

Don't worry -- probably 99% of them are Trumpies.

[Raine]

24. and then they will pass it along to those that aren't Trumpies 👎 nt

[AtheistCrusader]

8. Face. Fucking. Palm.

I don't get it.

[IronLionZion]

17. Don't touch your face

[AtheistCrusader]

18. I CAN'T NOT

[IronLionZion]

20. Ancient secret to help you with that problem, rub all over your hands

[Submariner]

9. Their video phones need to be buried with them

so paleontologists someday will more easily see how stupid the Trump-era specimens of the homo sapien truly were.

[SunSeeker]

10. The ship is not "giving badly needed coronavirus aid." It's only treating non-Covid-19 patients.

The NYC hospitals are still the sole place NYC Covid-19 patients can turn to.

[Igel]

14. But it's true for all its inaccuracy.

It's giving aid, and the aid is fairly fungible.

Never fear--it's unlikely that none of the patients sent to the ship will turn out to be infected, so there'll have to be moving people from the ship to NYC hospitals.

[DeminPennswoods]

15. It will take or keep non-covid19 cases out of NYC hospitals

thus freeing up beds and staff for covid19 patients.

[SunSeeker]

19. Yes, I know that. But the article excerpt did not say that. nt

[TheFourthMind]

11. Can't save some people from themselves. n/t

[DinahMoeHum]

12. (sigh!) Dear Numbskulls:

#newrostrong

[ProfessorGAC]

13. They Ignored Distancing To See A Boat!!!!

In a giant city with a harbor!!!
Buffoons!

[Rebl2]

21. Why in the

world would you take a chance just to see a ship🙄. Makes absolutely no sense.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. There's A Freaking Harbor

The see big boats every day!
You're right. Makes no sense.

[eilen]

37. Granted it is a really huge ship

even on a pier of super big Naval ships, it sticks out. It is huge and white and different. It was even impressive to my son, who was in the Navy and stationed on a ship. It is not an image that one sees often, even if living by a harbor.

It also symbolizes hope for people that help is coming. It makes people feel that yes, the America they feel part of has their back and don't plan to leave them all for dead as opposed to the current mendacious RW talking points.

I understand why they came out.

[LisaM]

16. They shouldn't have made such a spectacle of seeing the ship off, for one thing.

It was unseemly, they acted as if they were sending off the QE2 on her inaugural cruise. I'm sure Trump would have broken a bottle of champagne over the prow if he could have.

Then they couldn't have signaled the route any more explicitly.

Is it any wonder that people lined up to see it? It was promoted as something so historic that the usual suspects would want to be on hand. Kind of the flash mob mentality the pervades certain groups of people.

[Raine]

23. Stupid and irresponsible 👎

no wonder other states don't want New Yorkers leaving NY to come to their state.

[Marrah_Goodman]

26. sigh...............

[Efilroft Sul]

27. Commence Operation: Defeat the Purpose!

[PoliticAverse]

28. The irony!! n/t

[flibbitygiblets]

29. Poor leadership from trump again contributed to this problem

He was asked "why are you going to see off the ship from VA during a pandemic?" (or wherever it was), and he spouted something about showing support. He could have taken the opportunity to say or do something helpful, to show a good example, but of course he didn't.

[GeorgiaPeanut]

32. His solipsism overtakes common sense

The media won't expose him for doing this and people think it is safe if he is doing it

[GeorgiaPeanut]

31. People are still not taking it seriously and are showing their stupidity

This is completely unacceptable

[Steelrolled]

34. Irony lost on these New Yorkers

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

35. So the arrival of a hospital ship may cause more lives than it saves.

It's a morbid irony, if celebrating a hopeful thing causes even more disease.

[IronLionZion]

39. If DUers want to see pics of the ship, inside and out

see this thread from a safe distance, like your home. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213207319