Capt. Carlos Sardiello took command of the COVID-19-stricken aircraft carrier in April, shortly after his predecessor Capt. Brett Crozier was fired after a memo he sent to Navy superiors urging them to respond to the outbreak leaked in the press
Daily Mail: USS Theodore Roosevelt prepares to head back to sea after on-board coronavirus outbreak sickened a quarter of the crew and one died
* USS Theodore Roosevelt is preparing to return to sea after an on-board coronavirus outbreak sickened nearly a quarter of its crew members
* Capt. Carlos Sardiello took command of the COVID-19-stricken aircraft carrier in April, shortly after his predecessor Capt. Brett Crozier was fired
* As of last Thursday, 1,102 of USS Roosevelt's sailors had tested positive for Covid-19, and three were in the hospital, with one recorded death
* Sardiello has said the road to recovery has been an unyielding challenge and called the ship's return to action as an 'unprecedented challenge'
* Crozier, who later tested positive for COVID-19, has now recovered from the deadly virus and has left quarantine to head back to the US
USS Theodore Roosevelt is preparing to return to the sea as part of an 'unprecedented mission', the ship's Captain Carlos Sardiello has said, after an on-board coronavirus outbreak sickened nearly a quarter of its crew.
Capt. Sardiello took command of the COVID-19-stricken aircraft carrier in April, shortly after his predecessor Capt. Brett Crozier was fired following the leak of a memo he sent to Navy superiors urging them to respond to the outbreak.
As of last Thursday, 1,102 of USS Roosevelt's sailors had tested positive for Covid-19, and three were in the hospital, with one recorded death. The Navy has since stopped providing the number of active cases.
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WNU Editor: The former Captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt has a new assignment .... Former USS Theodore Roosevelt commander leaves Guam for new assignment (Stars and Stripes).
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USS Theodore Roosevelt sailors still showing virus symptoms despite month of isolation -- Politico
ReplyDeletesick·en
/ˈsikən/
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verb
past tense: sickened; past participle: sickened
2. become ill.
sicken (ˈsɪkən)
vb
1. to make or become sick, nauseated, or disgusted
2. (Pathology) (often foll by: for) to show symptoms (of an illness)
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Were 1,000 sailors sickened?
What were the symptoms (sneezing coughing, runny nose, fever)? How severe were they (low grade fever or a very concerning fever?)? What percentage of the 1,000 had a particular set of symptoms?
In certain professions/sciences they define words and give definitions that the average person would not use.
In journalism do you use any old definition that will grab the most headlines and win awards for Yellow Journalism?
If you have a cold (rhinovirus) and have a runny nose, you have symptoms. Since you have symptoms, you are sickened.
Next a cold sickens 1,000 crew, they should head for the nearest harbor.
Pretty astonishing that only one crew member has died out of 1100 infections. The real world numbers on this virus are going to be a lot different than what the experts think/thought.
ReplyDeleteGlad it was only one. That age group has almost no reaction or a miminmal reaction to Covid-19. However, if your the one dead sailor than that sucks, dead is dead.
ReplyDeleteAs a retired military officer I give Captain Crozier benefit of the doubt. I was always "hard corp" but this is a situation where the Captain is correct. The ship may have not been mission capable when 20% to 25% of your crew is sick. He may have over reacted but if your the dead sailor he did right for men and mission.
This is one situation where placing Captain Crozier back in command would have been good.