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Right_in_Virginia:
As cruise ship carrying sick and dead passengers moves toward Florida, governor says state can't take them
MSN, Mar 30, 2020, Sun Sentinel

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Holland America cruise ship, carrying four bodies and scores of patients with coronavirus-like symptoms, has been given permission to cross the Panama Canal, allowing them to continue their journey toward Florida, the cruise line’s president said Sunday.

The Zandaam and Rotterdam, where some passengers were transferred, may be heading to Fort Lauderdale or Miami.

But Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared on Fox News on Monday morning — and he wasn’t happy.

“We cannot afford to have people who are not even Floridians dumped into South Florida using up those valuable resources,” he said, adding he is in touch with the White House over the fate of these ships. “We view this as a big, big problem and we don’t want to see people dumped in southern Florida right now.”

[...]

Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis also spoke out against the ship coming to a community already experiencing a rapidly increasing spread of COVID-19.

“There are Navy bases on the Eastern seaboard where this ship could dock and be dealt with in a much more controlled environment,” Trantalis said. “The problem here is that Port Everglades sits in the very middle of a vast urban area. There are neighborhoods to the north, south and west of the port.”


More:  http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-cruise-ship-carrying-sick-and-dead-passengers-moves-toward-florida-governor-says-state-cant-take-them/ar-BB11USCd?ocid=ientp

libertybele:
I hope he wins this one and his right to refuse them...I'm wondering though how many originated from those ports?

Smokin Joe:
What no one is saying is when did these ships start these cruises and from where?

Anyone boarding a cruise ship in the past three weeks has had to be willfully deaf to what is going on in the world.

dfwgator:

--- Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 31, 2020, 12:24:33 pm ---What no one is saying is when did these ships start these cruises and from where?

Anyone boarding a cruise ship in the past three weeks has had to be willfully deaf to what is going on in the world.

--- End quote ---

Voyage of the Damned Stupid

IsailedawayfromFR:

--- Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 31, 2020, 12:24:33 pm ---What no one is saying is when did these ships start these cruises and from where?

Anyone boarding a cruise ship in the past three weeks has had to be willfully deaf to what is going on in the world.

--- End quote ---
Appears it is normally scheduled on a 14 day run through the Panama Cana from San Diego to Fort Lauderdale, so it is likely it left around March 20 or so.

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