Tensions high among American passengers as U.S. plans to evacuate cruise ship in Japan

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“They’re absolutely holding me hostage and treating me like a prisoner when I did nothing wrong,” Karey Maniscaldo, a passenger aboard a cruise ship quarantined in Japan because of COVID-19, told NBCNews.

"Buses will move you and your belongings from the ship to the aircraft," it said, adding that passengers would"be screened for symptoms and we are working with our Japanese partners to ensure that any symptomatic passengers receive the required care in Japan if they cannot board the flight."

Maniscalco's fellow passenger Melanie Haering was also concerned because her husband John Haering had tested positive with COVID—19 three days ago. She said he was currently being kept in a Tokyo hospital about an hour away from the ship. Haering, from Utah, was also frustrated about the lack of communication from the U.S. Embassy, which she said she had called and emailed numerous times about her husband’s situation.

 

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Do you have any regard for others whom you might contaminate? Looks like you’ll have to take one for the team...

She’s been in her room. The very act of moving through the ship full of infected people during the evacuation could expose her. 14 more days once in the US should be required. She’s not selfish- she’s stressed and tired.

What do you expect. Your on a ship with a deadly disease. Deal with it. And think twice before traveling and how you do it. Boo Hoo

When will Americans traveling abroad realize they don’t have all the ‘rights’ to do whatever they want in other countries? Ppl like this make Americans look bad.

Gov’t officials don’t look at the reality that most don’t put on masks at shopping malls, trains, buses, amusement parks. Silly.

It goes deeper than that.

Wait until your two to three week quarantine on arrival home. Enjoy.

Well, consider the possibility that you are infected and allowed out into the general population. Your one infection could infect hundreds and they thousands. You aren't quarantined for 'doing nothing wrong.' Your quarantined for the public safety.

We don’t want you back here if you have the virus.

J-Gov holds Antivirus meeting of just 8minutes with PM Abe, but the banquet hosted by PM is 3hours. Inspections are performed only by a few public authorities. Yesterday, he eventually decided to rely on private hospitals and other institutions. Everything is slow.

Run!

Well sorry for them, but keep their ass there, until they get the clear.. How stupid are we🙄🙄🙄

Then you want to spread diseases.

Quarantined to prevent a worldwide pandemic and she thinks it's all about her. Beside being an hysterical self-centered boob, yes, we all know you did nothing wrong.

Well to bad

America on display.

Add this to the myriad of reasons I wouldn’t ever find myself on a floating city. 🚢

Even if she goes to her own country she will still be quarantined, she should just stop whining and do her quota to make the world a better and a safe place

So selfish! The health officials are trying to prevent the spread of this virus and possible deaths of anymore people

Yes, now you are responsible not only for yourself, but also for other people, so your freedom is unanimous.

So you would rather be free to spread. Virus to the world...

One hand Song and dance.

She isn't the only one dealing with this. She's quarantined for good reason. Whining about it is useless and petty. I certainly wouldn't want to be in her shoes but come on, it's for the good of others.

They have every right... It pays to be an informed citizen 👍 Don't be a douche and go on a cruise during a worldwide pandemic. coronavirus

You're not being held there because you did something wrong. Starting to see why you ended up with that clown as President...

They saved your life. What part of quarantined do you not get. No it wasn't fun, but in the picture the few weeks you spent isolated is a minor discomfort.

Those are the same words of typhoid Mary, who spread the disease to dozens of people, killing at least 25.

When the attached virus droplets dry and become virus nuclei, they float in the air.

Ah, I love it when people finally lose the illusion of personal specialness.

Karey,

They are trying to save the world from a pandemic. Sorry you are inconvenienced, but it is not personal just prudent. Hope you can leave soon

Karey--This is what ''entitlement' sounds like. Just so you know....

Actually there is, if the Contra virus gets loose worldwide we could be looking at 70 million dead. That's more than World War II, of the governments of the world are taking no chances

That's right, it's all about you, Karey. And if you went home and got your family sick and they died, would it still be all about you?

Doesn’t sound like US is trying hard enough to get these people home and Japanese don’t really care because they are not Japanese.

“It is what it is”-society

It's not about having done the wrong thing, it's about doing the right thing. From the rest of humanity, thank you.

Oh FFS Karen

Bear in mind that I know this is horrible already. In some case there really isn't much you could do differently.

sorry but that's what has to be done to protect people

I don’t know why we’re still permitting international from Asian countries, all US citizens returning should be quarantined. The others should be denied access completely

You deserve to be held hostage if you booked a Asian cruise during the outbreak. js

Some people don't understand what quarantined means. If this were a more serious virus humanity would be fucked.

No, they’re quarantining you so that you don’t cause an epidemic. DUH

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