Americans exposed to Hantavirus upset about being forced to quarantine

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Angela Perryman says she trusted federal officials when they flew her and 17 other Americans back to the U.S. after the MV Hondius cruise ship was hit by the deadly hantavirus outbreak. 

Their stay at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska was voluntary, officials publicly stated. In fact, Trump administration officials, clearly sensitive to the post-pandemic backlash against lockdowns and mandates, took pains to avoid even using the word "quarantine."

So Perryman, who did have brief conversations on the ship with a passenger who later died from the illness, says she worked out a plan to leave Omaha and monitor herself for the virus in Florida. 
Perryman, who's is a U.S. citizen who currently lives in Ecuador, she said. She has a home in South Florida, where she was trying to leave to isolate at an Airbnb. 
She said she had been told the government would provide transportation, so she wouldn’t expose people on a commercial flight.

But when she and at least one other passenger tried to leave, they were handed a legal order May 18 requiring them to stay until the end of the month, she says.

The 30-year-old man, who asked not to be identified because of concerns for his safety and harassment of other named passengers, told NBC News by phone that he wants to be able to quarantine at home. “I’m held here involuntarily, so in that sense it’s a prison term, I mean, it’s the perfectly nice prison, but I’m still here involuntarily,” he said.

“Typically we don’t hold people against their will unless there is no alternative,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the pandemic center at Brown University’s School of Public Health.
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• A Spanish national in quarantine in a ‌Madrid military hospital, who is among those evacuated from a cruise ship earlier this month, has tested positive of hantavirus, Spain's Health Ministry said ⁠on Monday. It is the second positive case among the 14 Spanish nationals who were evacuated to the Spanish island of Tenerife from the luxury liner MV Hondius.

 

[Morphine Prince 109,653]

The most selfish people on Earth. 

[Hadrian 2,627]

"concerns for his own safety"

I'd give them an actual prison sentence for this attitude.

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[Bronco 24,884]

I'd let them try leaving and see if they can out run the Marine Corps

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@PartySick stay away from Angela Perryman when she comes to Florida

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25 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

The most selfish people on Earth. 

American here and yea, the stupidity also helps speed up the destruction of everything

[PartySick 172,471]

9 hours ago, Teletubby said:

@PartySick stay away from Angela Perryman when she comes to Florida

I stay away from everybody here

[Sepsami 20,945]

People with a lower intelligence level are a legit threat to the world when it comes to sh*t like this.

Literally unable to view things from another perspective as their own, it's terrifying. I remember my sister's inlaws travelling and going out and about the day they tested positive for Covid, before gaslighting her for being "paranoid" 

[Raivo 201]

Lock them up as long as necessary. I'd be fine with a nice temporary "prison" if that could save lives. Plus free food, paid sick leave. Now come on now... 

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6 minutes ago, Raivo said:

Lock them up as long as necessary. I'd be fine with a nice temporary "prison" if that could save lives. Plus free food, paid sick leave. Now come on now... 

for real.. like give  a computer, gaming system and gr8 books, maybe a treadmill and I'd be down to be home for 50ish days haha