Posted on 04/01/2020 9:39:52 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Coast Guard is directing cruise ships with passengers that may be infected with coronavirus to stay offshore indefinitely and prepare to treat passengers aboard their ships, according to a safety bulletin issued Sunday.
The Coast Guards new regulations mandate all ships in U.S. waters with more than 50 people give daily updates on their medical caseloads or face civil or criminal punishment. Coast Guard Rear Admiral E.C. Jones, whose district covers Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Puerto Rico, signed the bulletin preventing ship evacuations.
This is necessary as shore-side medical facilities may reach full capacity and lose the ability to accept and effectively treat additional critically-ill patients, the memo said. A potential evacuee has better access to comfortable surroundings and the medical staff on board the foreign passenger vessel where care is already being provided.
Foreign-flagged vessels that loiter beyond U.S. territorial seas should first attempt to evacuate passengers through their countries, the regulations say. Many of South Floridas cruise ships are registered in the Bahamas, a country with limited hospital capacity, The Associated Press noted.
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POOEY! We have SICK people STRANDED....HUMANITY!
Do you live in Florida
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Yeah, thats what I was thinking also. A diseased cruise ship shows up off the Florida coast and the governor is a dick for not throwing out the welcoming mat. Whats wrong with these people!
Again
Do you live in Florida?
And I ask again
Do you live in Florida
I didn’t see you ask before, but OF COURSE I live in Florida!! What difference does that make??
Because of the disdain you seem to have for Floridas Governor DeSantis
as he walks a fine line between humanitarian action vs protecting the populace of Florida
You have given him no measure of respect for the difficulty of his decision
The President has made the decision that United Kingdom and Canada will pick up their people......and well figure out what measures to take care of known Floridians on the ship!
“Cruise ships have doctors and small hospitals, dont they?”
In February we visited the Medical Services area on Sky Princess. Amazing modern facility, lab, and wonderful staff — from S. Africa, I think. We even saw an ICU unit. It’s a new ship, so I doubt if all ships’ medical offices are that good.
We also have lawyers. Lots and lots of lawyers, Annie.
I LOVED DeSantis until he said NO!!! He didn;t equivocate...he said NO WAY JOSE! I lost respect for him, but he can get it back!!
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