A top health official at the National Institutes of Health shed light on the decision to evacuate passengers from the Diamond Princess.
A top health official at the National Institutes of Health shed light on the decision to evacuate hundreds of American passengers from the coronavirus-infected Diamond Princess Cruises ship — 14 of whom tested positive for the virus.
"As it turned out, that was very ineffective in preventing spread on the ship," Fauci told the USA TODAY editorial board and reporters Monday. Every hour, there were another four or five people getting infected. "The quarantine process failed," Fauci continued."I mean, I'd like to sugarcoat it and try to be diplomatic about it, but it failed. People were getting infected on that ship. Something went awry in the process of the quarantining on that ship. I don't know what it was, but a lot of people got infected on that ship.
While it was a tough call to make in the first place, it grew tougher once 14 passengers tested positive for the virus.
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