COVID Outbreak on Destroyer in Carribean

[stgislander]

It doesn't say how long they've been at sea, but I'm thinking they had to make a port call somewhere to get infected.

U.S. warship heads to port after coronavirus outbreak

At least 18 sailors aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer have tested positive for the new coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Friday, dealing another blow to the military as it faces fallout over its handling of an outbreak on an aircraft carrier last month.

www.reuters.com

 

[Cali Transplant]

We always seemed to have a bug of some sort going around whatever ship I happened to be on....

 

[UglyBear]

Old navy joke:
A ship is about to come to port on some tropical island. The Captain lines up the sailors:
-Boys, from our intel, half the population of the island has drug-resistant syphilis, and half has tuberculosis.
So, remember: screw only the ones who cough!