The Navy Is Blaming the Captain It Fired for Accurate COVID-19 Warning

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3. This is the crux of it here:

For all the Navy’s investigations and re-investigations, Gilday also conceded that the Navy still does not know how the novel coronavirus made it to the ship. He said it’s “likely” to have happened during an earlier port visit to Vietnam, though Gilday defended the port visit and said none of the officers responsible for that decision—all of whom, unlike Crozier, are admirals—would face reprimand.

the administration and the admirals risked the health of the entire crew and the ship's readiness for a political purpose, the port visit to Vietnam, where sailors went ashore for days while the pandemic spread on mainland Asia. Instead of letting it go, they needed a scapegoat. I recall the Paccom admiral saying it was a "well informed decision." This whole thing is a reminder of the old navy saying that, "shit rolls downhill."