Originally Posted by
jimnyc
Hey, thanks for thinking of me buddy!!
And that is exactly what I was thinking. Bring them back and have them stationed far enough off-shore. Have help brought to them until they get the all clear. MAYBE bring folks back in one by one based on health releases.
Bring in another cruise ship. Anyone infected, quarantine them in half that ship as "known infected". And the other half - well they go to the "temporary morgue" on the other half. Safety arrangements must be made to bring the dead to get cremated and/or buried, if safe to do so. I can't imagine having a proper funeral for someone who is infected.
It sounds quite drastic but beats the alternative of bringing a 100 known folks and unknowns to a hospital and then finding out that the entire hospital is now sick - or worse - that an unknown amount were released that were infected, and they are located around the nation.
Having a "proper funeral" at sea is rather easy. Especially if you skip the Flag drape ceremony.
Y'all can imagine that if I get sick, I'll drive all the way to Ft Sam Houston before I'll step foot on Lackland AFB. I bet you dollars to donuts this is the deal (without looking):
Wilford Hall was the main hospital on Lackland for 50+ years. It is HUGE. Like 15 stories and 4 wings. I was born there. So they closed it because Brooke Army Medical Center on Ft Sam Houston was modern and relatively new. Only they didn't close it. Ft Sam used it as an overflow and/or specialist hospital to refer patients to. The powers that be decided it would cost too much to update Wilford Hall so instead built a new clinic next to it that active duty and retirees use. Only thing open at Wilford Hall I know of the ER.
I'm guessing they are going to quarantine these people in Wilford Hall. I'm sure they have kept it up to minimal standards and it's a perfect, isolated place for a medical quarantine. There's no reason for anyone to go there that doesn't belong there.
What your tax dollars paid for after cost over-run on our new clinic? A sorta hospital that cost more than bringing the old one up to date would have.
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