Posted on 03/20/2020 4:52:28 PM PDT by TigerClaws
SAN FRANCISCO -- The ABC7 News I-Team has confirmed that a majority of passengers from the Grand Princess who are quarantined at Travis Air Force base are refusing to be tested for coronavirus.
Their release is just days away.
After 21 passengers and crew aboard the Grand Princess tested positive for coronavirus, the rest of the passengers were quarantined off the coast of San Francisco for five days, then went into quarantine at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield for 14-day; it ends next week. But, the Grand Princess passengers are ready to go home and that's one big reason why two-thirds of them are refusing to be tested for coronavirus. 86-year-old Carmen Kilcullen spoke with the I-Team by phone about why she's declining the test. "We didn't know for sure when we would get the results, in case results came in later, we'd have to stay."
Carmen and her 84-year-old husband, Larry, lost their house in the 2017 Tubbs Fire and they can't wait to get back to their new home.
In this notice to "all quarantine residents" at Travis, they were given "the opportunity to be tested for COVID-19. You are not required to be tested. It will be your choice."
Only 300 of the passengers at Travis took the test; 545, including the Kilcullens, refused.
Dan Noyes: Aren't you interested in knowing your status? Your coronavirus status for sure?"
Carmen Kilcullen: "Well, we don't have any symptoms. They take our temperature, the medics take our temperature twice a day and we have- everything's normal." "There is a potential risk especially if someone is positive or is carrying the virus and has no symptoms," says ABC7 News medical expert Dr. Alok Patel.
Patel says much uncertainty surrounds the coronavirus and that its incubation period could be longer than the 14-day quarantine. "We've also seen people have no symptoms and still test positive. And this is really tricky because we're still trying to figure out how long these asymptomatic people could still spread the infection."
In a video from Travis AFB quarantine, Alan Brast told the I-Team, As you can see, Dan, this is our room."
Grand Princess passengers Alan and Fran Brast of Danville agreed to be tested, and expect the results back any time now, well before they're set to leave quarantine this coming Tuesday.
"We definitely want to know ether or not we're putting anyone else at risk, and want to make sure we are protecting our family and friends and anybody else we come in contact with," said Brast. "To us it was important to know what the score is."
Dr. Patel tells us that no one can force the passengers to get tested at this point, but that could change if the crisis worsens. Meanwhile, other states like Florida are allowing Grand Princess passengers to quarantine at home, very frustrating to the passengers at Travis AFB we spoke with today.
No test? No release.
Still no test? No food.
Dr. Patel tells us that no one can force the passengers to get tested at this poin
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Really, but can we keep them in quarantine longer?
SO would I. Not into 5 inch penetrations into my body. Take that as you will.
Plus, a COVID-19 positive swab test result does you, as an individual, no good. It permits the government to quarantine or medically isolate you. Do that yourself.
To get medical care, you need a ground glass result or extreme symptomatic things on chest radiograph.
Last sentence should have been:
“To get medical care, you need a ground glass result on chest radiograph or extreme symptomatic signs.”
Sinking the ship at sea would have solved this problem.
I’m awaiting the Human Bean. It’s a new coffee house. Don’t ask me about how the beans are processed .....
Also.
Lou Dobbs in self isolation I hear. Staffer of his texted posotivd.
Maybe they have a problem having their DNA “out there” and in the hands of the government. Just sayin’...
Selfisn mofos.
They have had no symptoms for 21 days. They are fine. A test wont say if they will be fine in three days. So there is no reason to take the test. Let them go home and stay inside. They are in their 80s. If they get it, they will know.
Don’t ask me about how the beans are processed .....
Rumor has it that they use this stuff called soylent green somewhere in the process :)
Given the national history of the last month, AND the fact that they aren’t having any symptoms I wouldn’t either.
Well, actually my answer would be HELL NO! LET GO HOME.
Truth is I have no idea of how the beans are processed
Selfisn mofos.
Probably Grandparents of the spring breakers
Thanks, that is why he is not on tonight.
Extend the quarantine and extra 2 weeks for anyone unwilling to take the test.
Only sensible post on this thread.
Let them go home and stay inside
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What’s to say they will do that? I don’t think they are likely to be carrying the virus, but you never know.
If they didn’t mean it, why did they give them a choice?
People will put up with a lot if you’re honest, fair, and consistent with them.
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