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underpants

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10. I saw a report on MS NOW. The logistics of this are incredible.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2026, 08:34 PM

20 hrs ago

Anchoring off shore. Zodiac boats and helicopters taking 150 people off board. I’m sure the staff will be hazmetted up. The helicopters? Are they going to carry them to shore via air lift?

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17 American passengers aboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship will quarantine in Nebraska [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

Trump is actually taking care of this one, unlike COVID, which he ignored until it became a pandemic. Norrrm 21 hrs ago #1

I wonder RussBLib 21 hrs ago #3

1.... Treatment Norrrm 21 hrs ago #5

Over a million Americans IronLionZion 18 hrs ago #15

One out of seven is not one third... tavernier 7 hrs ago #24

I thought it was 3 million, but you're right it's 7 million IronLionZion 6 hrs ago #26

if i had to guess, barbtries 2 hrs ago #30

If you read something too fast it gets weird: I wondered how a ship could be quarantined in *Nebraska* Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #2

The contacts alone will cause transmission.................. Lovie777 21 hrs ago #4

I think there were 150 passengers BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #7

Seems extreme for a virus that while transmissable human to human it is highly unlikely. Hope in all that movement... dutch777 21 hrs ago #6

I think WHO confirmed that this variant was person to person BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago #9

Yes, the strain that was on the ship is the blue-wave 18 hrs ago #13

As I recall . . . AverageOldGuy 21 hrs ago #8

And didn't he initially try to keep that ship from docking in a US port? the nelm 19 hrs ago #11

And RFKjr is in charge of our healthcare. LisaL 15 hrs ago #17

It's a shame that I don't believe a word of this... Hugin 8 hrs ago #23

I saw a report on MS NOW. The logistics of this are incredible. underpants 20 hrs ago #10

Amazed that they are being sent to Nebraska?????????? popsdenver 23 min ago #33

While the world slept . . . Aussie105 19 hrs ago #12

I say we take off... Renew Deal 18 hrs ago #14

I have plenty of masks left over from COVID, just in case IronLionZion 17 hrs ago #16

Old enough to remember Trump and right wing media going bonkers about that Ebola nurse Prairie Gates 15 hrs ago #18

But that "old enough to remember" thing might mean something else BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #22

I'm not sure what you mean: Trump and the right wing media heavily criticized Obama for the Ebola response Prairie Gates 4 hrs ago #28

The incident happened in 2014 BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #32

What am I missing? Blumancru 13 hrs ago #19

Please rate your cruise experience. twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #20

Well. barbtries 9 hrs ago #21

I haven't seen you in a while. murielm99 7 hrs ago #25

Thank you murielm99! barbtries 2 hrs ago #29

Frankly popsdenver 17 min ago #34

If I was a passenger I'd rather quarantine at Tenerife rather than Nebraska ! kimbutgar 5 hrs ago #27

I find it very interesting barbtries 2 hrs ago #31