Second US Navy warship hit by major coronavirus outbreak

CNN ^ | 04/24/2020 | By Ryan Browne and Michael Conte, CNN

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A US Navy destroyer performing a counter narcotics mission has been hit by an outbreak of at least 18 coronavirus cases, a US Navy official tells CNN.

The USS Kidd is the second ship to be impacted by a major outbreak of the virus while at sea following the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

 

The Pentagon later confirmed that there has been an outbreak on the ship, with more than one sailor testing positive out of a crew of around 330. The ship is assigned to the recently enhanced counter narcotics mission in the Caribbean/Eastern Pacific aimed at countering illicit drug trafficking.

 

The first sailor that tested positive was medevac'd off the ship when he displayed symptoms, according to Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman, and tested positive at a medical treatment facility in San Antonio.

 

 

 

 

26 US Navy ships currently have coronavirus cases

 

"The Sailor is stable and receiving care at a medical treatment facility in San Antonio, Texas," the Navy said in a statement Friday.

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U.S. warship heads to port after coronavirus outbreak

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 18 sailors aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer have tested positive for the new coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Friday, dealing another blow to the military as it faces fallout over its handling of an outbreak on an aircraft carrier last month.

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[Mr. Blond]

This is how China takes out our warships.

[DannyTN]

We’ll just have to go full drone.

[Delta 21]

That U.S.Navy official needs keel hauled.

[Mr. Blond]

Or cancel all shore leave.

[Pearls Before Swine]

The USS Kidd is the second ship to be impacted by a major outbreak of the virus while at sea following the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

The hazards of sailing downwind? Or, the predictable result allowing the sailors to cut up in port during a worldwide pandemic?

[epluribus_2]

Howbout just cancelling Readiness press releases. Makes our enemies have to work harder to plan our destruction, though they are laughing too hard now to effectively plan.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Did Chinese honeypot enemy agents throw themselves at young U.S. Navy sailors when the USS Roosevelt and USS Kidd sailors were on liberty in Da Nang?

[palmer]

Plenty of other ways to get it onboard than honeypots.

[faucetman]

Practicing “Crew Immunity”

[ZinGirl]

Why not go full retard and put a reporter from the San Fran Chronicle on every single ship with hourly updates as to the staus of every one of the crew, including degree of illness of each, how many are in sick bay and out of commission, etc. Then an hourly update as to the readiness of ship, of course. /rant.

[snoringbear]

“ Or cancel all shore leave.”
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Being over 90% of the crew is probably under forty and in good health I say allow them to become Herd Innoculated. They could do this while near port so that in event some senior NCO’s or officers develop a serious case they could be lifted off and taken to a hospital.

[kaehurowing]

LOOSE LIPS
SINK SHIPS

[Mr. Blond]

Unlikely in those cases, but one can see how easily biowarfare can be conducted in the future. Simply target one sailor with a communicable virus, and their whole ship is soon disabled.

[shanover]

If the Soviets knew it would be this easy,they would have done it. Our enemies now know how to kill America. The second time may be the kill shot. The DNC and media is part of the enemy.

[apoliticalone]

Or cancel all shore leave.

Shore leave in Asia always equals a trip to the ho house/massage parlor and that’s the way it has always been. In a pandemic some come back afflicted. Geez don’t the brass understand that even for a secret drug mission?