Posted on 02/18/2020 10:11:50 AM PST by bgill
An Oregon comedian who had been stranded on a Holland America cruise ship in Cambodia due to COVID-19 virus concerns managed to get a flight back home by breaking quarantine in a hotel where ship's passengers were being held pending test results.
Frank King arrived at Sea-Tac Airport Monday afternoon on his way home to Eugene. He was a performer on the M/S Westerdam when their two-week cruise turned into quite the saga after a former passenger tested positive for the virus...
"How long is it going to take to get all those results back? Because I've got an engagement on the 20th of February," he told KOMO News, adding he speaks on suicide prevention and wouldn't get paid if he didn't make it.
"So I thought, you know, I'm outta here," he said.
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Some are way more equal than others.
I think Congress called this, “FrankKing privileges.”
I tell you, people just have no sense of humor these days!
WAY more equal, huh? I wonder how he votes.
It would be wonderful if the health authorities in Washington slapped him in 24 day quarantine as soon as he steps off the plane.
I just flu back from Cambodia and I tell yeah my body is...
Brother. Lock him up! Need to notify all on the flight manifests on his flight and follow flights as well as flight crews and ground crews servicing the plane.
Again, voluntary quarantines don’t work because of the 1% who are willing to kill other people rather than stay couped up for 14 days.
He had 3 connecting flights. That’s 3 flights of people who should sue him for putting them at risk.
And the venue he is suppose to speak about Suicide Prevention should cancel.
I think Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox might be looking for a hot date...
Good thing he’s not a Nork......they shoot people who break quarantine................
That was going to be part of my next post...
I saw a video last night that indicated they are doing that in Wuhan.
Take my life........please....................
"There was no official 'you can't leave' (at the hotel) but if you tried to go out the front door with your luggage, security would stop you," King said. "But if you went out with your backpack and you were sightseeing, not a problem...So I thought, you know, I'm outta here."I hope nobody goes to his show!King said he first walked around the entire hotel scoping out security and noted lesser security was along the back gate. "So out I go the back gate with my luggage," he said.
King says he was stopped by someone and repeatedly told he was not to leave, but he refused to comply unless he was going to be arrested and instead got into a waiting three-wheeled tuk-tuk, even carrying his luggage on his shoulders, to get to the airport.
He says he chose to fly back on his own on a more full-service airline, even purchasing a full-price, upgraded ticket as not to raise suspicion that he was trying to quickly leave the country at the last minute as cheaply as possible.
King said he sailed through the airports on his three connecting flights, only being asked if he had been to China, and had a rental car reserved in Seattle to get home to Eugene if he couldn't fly from here.
...he's confident he's OK since he has not shown any symptoms, nor fever, and says he had been essentially in quarantine for 14 days.
"It was frustrating. It was disappointing, especially for the passengers because you know, some of these are bucket list destinations. But Holland refunded the money. You can put it on another cruise. They did everything to 'make 'em whole' -- as they say."
I cannot believe they let any of the passengers out to go “sightseeing”!?!?
Ever again!
ML/NJ
so this asshat gets on a plane and exposes everyone on it and the people that get on after that because we know all the planes are fully disinfected post a flight and all those people are walking through a busy airport... seriously what is wrong with this picture.
The punch line isn’t funny?
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