Coronavirus-infected Americans flown back to US on plane full of healthy people

From NY Post.com (Feb. 20):

The 14 coronavirus-stricken Americans evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan were flown back to the US on a plane full of healthy people against advice from the CDC, a report said Thursday.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials argued the 14 infected Diamond Princess passengers shouldn’t be flown back with the 300 or so virus-free people — but ultimately lost the battle to the US State Department, according to the Washington Post.

“It was like the worst nightmare,” an anonymous senior US official involved in the decision told the paper.

“Quite frankly, the alternative could have been pulling Grandma out in the pouring rain, and that would have been bad, too.”

Test results had found that the 14 passengers were infected prior to boarding planes to the US on Monday. [read more]

Yea, flying infected people with healthy people is crazy.