Navy removes 116 staff from hospital ship after virus infects 7

[SunSeeker]

The Navy has removed 116 medical staff members from its hospital ship docked off Los Angeles after seven of them tested positive for COVID-19, an official said Tuesday.
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It’s unclear where or how the sailors became infected, Rieger said.

The ship left San Diego on March 23 when all were screened before they boarded, Rieger said. It arrived to Los Angeles four days later to provide relief to the city amid the pandemic by accepting patients from hospitals who were not infected with the virus.
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So far the ship, with 1,000 beds, has taken in 48 patients from hospitals and none has tested positive for the coronavirus or showed any symptoms of the illness, Rieger said. Two medical personnel from the ship who tested positive came in close contact with a small number of the patients but they were wearing full protective gear, including gloves, N95 masks and eye goggles.

https://apnews.com/30482fcfde019fd03e5173b6261219d5

[Cha]

1. What a mystery.. no one had it and

then 7 people did and nobody knows. Scary.

And repubs want everyone to get back to work and play.

[SunSeeker]

2. None of their 48 patients had it, and they never left the ship, so looks like they brought it.

One or more of the crew must have had it when they boarded in San Diego and then spread it to the rest of the staff. They didn't wear PPE amongs each other in quarters; they only wore PPE when seeing patients.

Ships are floating petri dishes because of close quarters (even for officers) and shared dining facilities.

[uponit7771]

3. WOW !!! They are supposed to be the prepared ones

[superpatriotman]

4. The takeaway is:

The unknown unknowns are plenty.