you know what’s odds about this Military Times article is those being saved were complaining about the accommodations; and the Times is reporting it. It’s an emergency a-holes, we’re trying to save your lives, it’s not the Ritz but your still alive. If the military was trying to save my life, going 1/2 way around the world, I’d say thank you and shut up

Coronavirus Quarantine at US Base: No Booze, Movies or View But 'Safer' Than Cruise Ship

—When Otis and Carol Menasco of Granite Bay got off the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan where they'd been quarantined for almost two weeks because of the coronavirus, they were led to believe they'd be transported to Travis Air Force base in Fairfield, about 90 minutes from their home outside Sacramento.

—A few hours into the flight, they overhead paramedics saying they were going not to Travis but to Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio. Others on the flight were also surprised, Otis Menasco said

—At Lackland, they began serving a minimum 14-day quarantine on Monday. They're confined to a room much smaller and more primitive than the luxurious cabin they'd had aboard the cruise ship.

—They have one phone number to call if they need something in their room, but don't know who to call for information about their situation. The only human contact they have is with the paramedics who come twice a day to take their temperatures.

—When the Diamond Princess docked in Yokohama on Feb. 3 at the end of their cruise, the Menascos thought they'd be going home the next day. Instead, they were to be held for 14 days because of an outbreak of coronavirus. At least 621 on the ship have become infected. As the number of cases grew, the U.S. State Department and other agencies chartered two cargo planes to evacuate 338 Americans from the ship to Travis and Lackland. Other Americans previously evacuated from Wuhan, China, were taken to the same bases but held in separate areas. Some of those people were released this week.

—The cruise ship evacuation was voluntary, but the U.S. Embassy strongly encouraged passengers to take. En route to the airport, the government learned that 14 passengers on the buses had tested positive for the coronavirus, but showed no symptoms before boarding. Before they got on the bus, "they took our passports," Menasco said.

—In a press conference, a doctor with the State Department said passengers were removed from the buses "as soon as those buses sort of came to a stop on the tarmac and it was safe to do so."

—The 14 passengers who tested positive were allowed to board the aircraft, but were seated in a sort of plastic isolation chamber.

—On the Menascos' plane, there were 151 people; seven were isolated with positive lab tests and two more were placed in isolation during the flight for fever, according to the State Department briefing.

—Otis said the cargo plane was "very, very cold; pretty miserable." There were no bathrooms or sinks on the plane, only portable toilets and hand sanitizer.

—By the time they arrived at the barracks in San Antonio early Monday morning, they'd been traveling for 20 hours, 14 on the plane. "The first thing you want to do is take a nap, the second is take a shower," Otis said. But there was only one towel in the room.

—"We are in a little tiny room, like a studio apartment," Otis said. There's a small refrigerator and microwave, a chest of drawers and a bathroom. They've asked for cleaning supplies and garbage bags, but haven't gotten any yet. Three times a day, someone knocks on the door and leaves a meal in a brown paper bag on the ground. And there's no booze.

—At Lackland, the Menascos ordered six bottles of wine from Amazon and were told the shipment could be delivered, but when it got to the base, whoever received it didn't know they could have it or misdirected it, and it was sent back.

—On the ship, they had Wi-Fi and movies on demand, but couldn't make phone calls. In Texas, they have a TV and phone service but no movies on demand. Their one-bedroom cabin on the ship had a private balcony that let them get fresh air while avoiding other passengers. They think that helped them stay healthy. At Lackland, they can go outside in a fenced yard, watched over by security guards. But they're afraid to go out, especially after paramedics told them that four more people were taken to the hospital with possible infection. (Those isolated on the planes were taken to a hospital in Nebraska, not the air bases.)

—The Menascos are taking the ordeal in stride and trying not to complain, merely answering questions posed by this columnist. Although the room, the food, the view and the service was better when they were quarantined on the ship, they're glad to be in the United States. "We feel safer here," Otis said, and less likely to become infected.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/02/24/coronavirus-quarantine-us-base-no-booze-movies-or-view-safer-cruise-ship.html