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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUSNS Comfort is LAID UP in maintenance, won't be ready for WEEKS
Link to tweet
Roxana Tiron @rtiron
Breaking: The Comfort hospital ship wont be able to go to NYC for weeks, @ChiefPentSpox says. Ship is in maintenance in Norfolk, Va., and Pentagon is now expediting maintenance
2:11 PM - Mar 18, 2020
Are you fucking KIDDING me?
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)dalton99a
(81,621 posts)irisblue
(33,035 posts)malaise
(269,193 posts)2naSalit
(86,817 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 18, 2020, 04:49 PM - Edit history (1)
like the expired supplies already sent to NY. He will make it look like he's doing a good thing but is really fucking up the ability of the state to address this situation so he can cause and then call them a failure.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Can ya fill me in, purty pls??
malaise
(269,193 posts)<snip>
President Donald Trump is sending in the Navy to battle the coronavirus crisis, specifically two massive hospital ships.
Theyre in tip top shape, Trump said Wednesday, and will likely be launched in the next week or so."
But its anybodys guess when those ships will come in.
The USNS Comfort, which Trump said is bound for New York Harbor, is currently undergoing maintenance somewhere on the east coast and there are no medical personnel on board, NBC News has learned.
The other ship, the USNS Mercy, is also being spruced-up and lacks a medical crew. It was not immediately known where the Mercy would be deployed.
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Don't rule out that he'll tell the NY Governor to drop all the ongoing cases against him
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)How is the situation where you are, btw. ???
getagrip_already
(14,848 posts)It was intended for non-corona related patients to take some of the pressure off of the main hospitals and free up beds.
2naSalit
(86,817 posts)saying that the afore mentioned hospital ship was going to NYC to help with the needs there. If it's in repairs, it ain't goin' nowhere any time soon. Said it at the lie to the camera fest earlier today. The other ship is to go north up the CA coast. Wonder what its status is. There were several thousand requested medical masks sent that were expired. O guess. Not sure about that one but it seems the grudge is still alive and well in the orangeanus.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)so that I missed his blah blah about the ships.
And of course, know better that believe him. I just assume everything he says is a lie.
Looks like someone whispered in his ear about the ships...wonder if it was Jared, among his other duties of acting President.
2naSalit
(86,817 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)We only do computers/internet, but Twitter, DU, and a couple other sites pretty much keep us up todate.
And Maddow, of course.
2naSalit
(86,817 posts)I get offline when I'm going to lay down. I didn't know a presser was coming when I got horizontal but when the music stopped, I noticed and I guess I was sort of listening to hear why there was no music. I wasn't completely awake but I heard that part and digested it right away.
underpants
(182,919 posts)Or was I supposed to forget about that too?
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Kaleva
(36,354 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,574 posts)eShirl
(18,505 posts)lpbk2713
(42,767 posts)Some times one or two will go out to sea to
allow others to come in for fuel and provisions.
Link: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-80.616/centery:28.412/zoom:15
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)atreides1
(16,094 posts)They would still have to be refitted and crewed, in order to be of any use...
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)That would put them in grave danger of being competent.
2naSalit
(86,817 posts)More like stumbled onto something that might be a little bit helpful which they will see as a major sacrifice on their part to allow it.
Baitball Blogger
(46,761 posts)2naSalit
(86,817 posts)Sgent
(5,857 posts)reallocated the military budget to build a wall?
Baitball Blogger
(46,761 posts)So many mishaps to include in the years and months leading up to COVID-19.
Sunriser13
(612 posts)RockRaven
(15,016 posts)This is why you have a pandemic response team, this is why you listen to experts who tell you things you don't want to hear, this is why you enact their expert advice before the problem fully blooms.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)He orders it and it goes off without a hitch - victory for leadership
There are hitches - then it is big government's fault
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)I assumed they were. Shame on me. Of course I am not responsible for running the country.
malaise
(269,193 posts)after the hurricane
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)But rather direction from Vladi.
Grammy23
(5,815 posts)that very moment. Asshat. It was a little bit of relief until we find out (as usual) he was talking out his ass.
blitzen
(4,572 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)Why are both hospital ships undergoing maintenance at the same time?
Wounded Bear
(58,724 posts)MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)Considering increased hurricanes and how useful they can be in situations like this.
[link:https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4625&tid=200&ct=4|
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)I would suspect stuff like this was addressed.
littlemissmartypants
(22,831 posts)EX500rider
(10,872 posts)Both hospital ships are from converted oil tankers built circa 1975.
That's old for steel & steam ships, makes for more time in the yard fixing stuff.
getagrip_already
(14,848 posts)It doesn't need propulsion or power. It just needs a dock to tie off to. Shore power will do until they can get generators working.
gladium et scutum
(808 posts)The medical force aboard the ship. When in port USA the medical detachment as a few dozen technicians to maintain the spaces, the equipment and the inventory of non perishable medical supplies. When prepping for a mission, the 1000 or so Drs, RNs, lab techs, etc are stripped from the Naval hospitals and clinics on the East and West coast.
Rhiannon12866
(206,157 posts)IcyPeas
(21,910 posts)....
more:
https://time.com/5805900/hospital-ships-coronavirus/