why didnt they just take the woman herself....duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
According to several reports, they tried. But, Belize wouldn't allow them to bring her into the country. There was reportedly a med-evac "air ambulance" waiting for her at the airport there. Cruise ship was not allowed to come into port, the ship's tender was not allowed to come ashore with her aboard, then the cruise ship wouldn't allow her to return. She was denied entry by the highest levels of the government in Belize, there were repeated, escalating attempts to secure this. John Kerry was reportedly even involved with trying to negotiate the matter.
There are links to sources for all of this on FR, ranging from late Thursday night until the present.
They tried. They reportedly tried to get her to a medevac plane in Belize. Apparently Kerry even offered to have a helicopter pick her up from the ship and take her directly to the “air ambulance” they had waiting for her. Belize gov’t refused. Then Cozumel refused to let the ship port there.
This article first claims the woman had fallen ill- http://belizean.com/belize-confirms-patient-with-ebola-symptoms-on-cruise-ship-off-its-coast-1814/
This story has been all over the place. :^/