MY POINT was he failed to insure the release of his memo was internal, so the command could deal with it before his memo became public. How to deal with official communications is part of the command protocols commanders must work with. He had a right to inform the command, which he did. But he got the public notice of that involved before his command could respond to him. That was his error, not his notice to his commanders.
""We've identified all the folks they've had contact with, and we're quarantining them as well," Modly said at a Pentagon news conference today, where he appeared with Navy Adm. Michael Gilday, the chief of naval operations. "This is an example of how we are able to keep our ships deployed at seas and underway, even with active COVID-19 cases. Our force remains on watch throughout the world [during] this crisis, and they're continuing to execute their primary mission under the National Defense Strategy." Navy ships are sailing, Navy planes are flying, and training is still happening to safeguard U.S. national interests and those of the nation's allies and partners around the world."
In other words, they decided to 1. ignore the situation on the Roosevelt - maybe thinking that it would just go away and 2. Made a public statement to that effect.
That was almost two weeks ago. The Captain could just watch the disease spread through the ship - or he could do what he did to save his men and women.
He did the right thing and there should be a Navy IG investigation to follow, to include the CNO and SecNav.