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American tests positive for Coronavirus, after everyone disembarked into Cambodia. (Original Post) dewsgirl Feb 2020 OP
Omg Lefta Dissenter Feb 2020 #1
So did I, instead they called 60 taxi's and distributed them dewsgirl Feb 2020 #2
Probably the same advisors as the orange idiot. Canoe52 Feb 2020 #3
I was thinking something similar, that he must be another dotard. Nt raccoon Feb 2020 #4
Like a different idiot who stared into an eclipse. Croney Feb 2020 #5
Hun got no Sense Blues Heron Feb 2020 #6
It's certainly not. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #7
I'm sure his countrymen appreciate his cavalier attitude about this. Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #8
Trump thanked him the other day in a tweet for taking dewsgirl Feb 2020 #11
I'd love to know if Amb Murphy was ordered to do so by Trump or Pompeo? Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #12
I think you are onto something, it's frightening the power dewsgirl Feb 2020 #14
This guy has supernatural powers dalton99a Feb 2020 #9
Of course. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #10
Like the twist in the movie "Jaws." Baitball Blogger Feb 2020 #13
Believe it or not, I saw that exact same comparison a little bit dewsgirl Feb 2020 #15

Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)
1. Omg
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 06:58 AM
Feb 2020

I didn’t realize the passengers were going to just scatter to the wind. I figured they would be docked and quarantined, similar to the Diamond Princess in Japan. 😳

Blues Heron

(5,931 posts)
6. Hun got no Sense
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 09:43 AM
Feb 2020

How are we going to stop this thing with this kind of response? This is no time for macho, tough guy stuff.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
8. I'm sure his countrymen appreciate his cavalier attitude about this.
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 02:21 PM
Feb 2020


This article has a bit more info, including this frightening passage:

“We anticipated glitches, but I have to tell you I didn’t anticipate one of this magnitude,” said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, adding that the best approach to containing a broader spread of the virus from the Westerdam would be to track down all of the passengers and quarantine them for two weeks.

“This could be a turning point” in the epidemic, Dr. Schaffner said. “We have potentially many people in many countries, and all it would require is just the establishment of another outbreak in another country and that could potentially tip the scales.”

Dr. Eyal Leshem, director of the Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases at the Sheba Medical Center in Israel, called the disclosures “extremely concerning” and said the passengers who traveled onward from Kuala Lumpur substantially increased the risk of a pandemic.

“We may end up with three or four countries with sustained transmission of the virus,” he said. “It may be more and more difficult to make sure this outbreak is contained only within China.”


Great job, Hun Sen!

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
11. Trump thanked him the other day in a tweet for taking
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 03:15 PM
Feb 2020

the passengers, was this another quid pro quo..of course, isn't it always? I saw a little bit ago, the US Ambassador to Cambodia, brought his wife and two young children onto the ship, before they disembarked. Brilliant.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
12. I'd love to know if Amb Murphy was ordered to do so by Trump or Pompeo?
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 03:19 PM
Feb 2020

He's a career diplomat (not a "Sondland" ) with extensive service in Asia. It just seems hard to believe he did so on his own volition.

dalton99a

(81,475 posts)
9. This guy has supernatural powers
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 02:39 PM
Feb 2020
In November 2016, Hun Sen publicly endorsed US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump who went on to be elected president.[41]

On 30 June 2018, weeks before the parliamentary elections, Hun Sen appointed his second eldest son, Hun Manet, into higher military positions in a bid to prepare his son for the premiership when he retires in politics or dies, effectively solidifying the Hun political dynasty in Cambodia. Hun Sen has also been conducting image campaigns for his son, which he says was born from a 'supernatural' being and therefore, divine or godly. Political experts have said that Hun Sen's campaigns may lead Cambodia to a dynasty similar to Kim Jong-un's family of North Korea.[47]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hun_Sen

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
15. Believe it or not, I saw that exact same comparison a little bit
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 03:45 PM
Feb 2020

ago on YouTube. Indeed, It sounds very much like the same deal.

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