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Exclusive: Captain of aircraft carrier with growing coronavirus outbreak pleads for help from Navy

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Well this was inevitable. Every ship in the fleet is about to be a Diamond Princess.

The captain of a nuclear aircraft carrier with more than 100 sailors infected with the coronavirus pleaded Monday with U.S. Navy officials for resources to allow isolation of his entire crew and avoid possible deaths in a situation he described as quickly deteriorating.


The unusual plea from Capt. Brett Crozier, a Santa Rosa native, came in a letter obtained exclusively by The Chronicle and confirmed by a senior officer on board the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, which has been docked in Guam following a COVID-19 outbreak among the crew of more than 4,000 less than a week ago.

Exclusive: Captain of aircraft carrier with growing coronavirus outbreak pleads for help from Navy - SFChronicle.com
 
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 24, 2020 in an episode of his radio show:
“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”
 
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 24, 2020 in an episode of his radio show:
“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”

perhaps the military is deep state now too?
 
In addition to being in very close quarters, on a Navy ship you have to constantly be holding onto railings as you run up and down ladders. It would be nearly impossible to contain a highly contagious virus.
 
The questions I have: Which member of the crew brought the virus onboard? Was that person asymptomatic when they came aboard? Have crew members who aren't ill been tested for the virus?
 
Mostly libtards, but also a few real Americans.

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The questions I have: Which member of the crew brought the virus onboard? Was that person asymptomatic when they came aboard? Have crew members who aren't ill been tested for the virus?

Probably don't have test kits. Even though Trump remains convinced that every American has two or three test kits in their pockets, availability of the tests and lab backlogs are still huge problems.
 
So far, none of the infected sailors has shown serious symptoms, but the number of those who have tested positive has jumped exponentially since the Navy reported infections in three crew members on March 24, the first time COVID-19 infections had been detected on a naval vessel at sea.


Hate to say it, but 99% of the crew are too young and too healthy to worry about it.

Some of the officers might be older, but I don't think over 60. I think the captain doesn't know much about the virus.
 
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 24, 2020 in an episode of his radio show:
“The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.”

He has lung cancer, right? He should be more concerned.
 
The questions I have: Which member of the crew brought the virus onboard? Was that person asymptomatic when they came aboard? Have crew members who aren't ill been tested for the virus?

Kind of academic now isn't it?
 
I was being sarcastic.

My apologies. You never know here. Some really outlandish things are said by the Trumpsters here -- so much so I just can't believe it.
 
So far, none of the infected sailors has shown serious symptoms, but the number of those who have tested positive has jumped exponentially since the Navy reported infections in three crew members on March 24, the first time COVID-19 infections had been detected on a naval vessel at sea.


Hate to say it, but 99% of the crew are too young and too healthy to worry about it.

Some of the officers might be older, but I don't think over 60. I think the captain doesn't know much about the virus.

There will be a small percentage that will get seriously ill or may even die according to statistics. It's a fallacy this only effects only older folks badly. You should know that.

And it appears you forgot about the responders that may be up in age such as doctors etc.

30% of US coronavirus cases are people between ages 20-44 - Business Insider

"Additionally, that age group (20 to 44)accounted for 20% of hospitalizations and 12% of ICU admissions among US cases, the CDC found."
 
A major catastrophe. So tragic.

It’s not a major catastrophe, no one on the ship is actually sick.

If they weren’t testing people for it they wouldn’t even know anything was off
 

Yeah... so?

that’s using an incorrect definition of “case” we are not talking about 30 percent of people in hospital for symptoms, that’s thirty percent of positive tests. Most people who test positive are not sick and thus not a “case”.

Only 12% of those needing medical assistance are in that age bracket. And I’m guessing nearly all of those are generally unhealthy people.

Ive noticed the handful of stories about specific names young people dying tend to be about people who are obese. Several stories I’ve seen are medical workers (meaning far more exposure) who are also very overweight.
 
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The questions I have: Which member of the crew brought the virus onboard? Was that person asymptomatic when they came aboard? Have crew members who aren't ill been tested for the virus?

It doesn't matter who brought it on board the vessel, it was going to get there eventually. If you had read the Captain's letter he answered your questions. Crew members who were tested negative for COVID-19 were put with ashore in a restricted group that had no contact with anyone who hadn't been tested or had the virus. Then 1 to 3 days after testing negative they contracted symptoms and infected the rest of the restricted group that had tested negative. Which demonstrates a serious flaw in the testing, but it also make it impossible to segregate those who tested negative from those who either haven't been tested or tested positive.

If they were showing symptoms 1-3 days after testing negative for COVID-19, and the virus has an incubation period of 10 to 14 days, then they had to have already had the virus when they were tested and the test failed to identify the virus.

You will also note that nobody aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt has died.
 
Except virtually all the population is at the lowest risk for even needing medical intervention. Let alone symptoms.

So the gist of the article is a small handful of people may have tested positive for the virus but are not even sick.

Keep on ignoring the pandemic. Walk around and socialize like there is no problem. Wear your MAGA hat so people can avoid the hell out of you in public.
 
I was being sarcastic.
Correction, you attempted sarcasm.

A major catastrophe. So tragic.
This is what real sarcasm looks like.

So far, none of the infected sailors has shown serious symptoms, but the number of those who have tested positive has jumped exponentially since the Navy reported infections in three crew members on March 24, the first time COVID-19 infections had been detected on a naval vessel at sea. Hate to say it, but 99% of the crew are too young and too healthy to worry about it. Some of the officers might be older, but I don't think over 60. I think the captain doesn't know much about the virus.
Supportive care also matters a lot. We now know a lot more about how the disease progresses.

There will be a small percentage that will get seriously ill or may even die according to statistics. It's a fallacy this only effects only older folks badly. You should know that. And it appears you forgot about the responders that may be up in age such as doctors etc.

30% of US coronavirus cases are people between ages 20-44 - Business Insider
"Additionally, that age group (20 to 44)accounted for 20% of hospitalizations and 12% of ICU admissions among US cases, the CDC found."
He did allow for a small percentage, albeit too small. They are no responders in this case, since it is a closed environment. There will be med staff on board, but it is doubtful any personnel will be allowed on or off, except to a quarantine or unless they are certified as recovered.

One of the things not being reported is recoveries. Recovered people can go into high risk areas safely.
 
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