The cruise company has operated some of the most notoriously contagious ships during the coronavirus crisis.
was a man who traveled in February on the Grand Princess, also operated by Carnival. He was linked to the first major outbreak of the disease in the state.for COVID-19, and the ship eventually docked in March in Oakland, California. Trump had wanted the ship to remain at sea because he didn’t want the American case “numbers” looking bad., all 2,400 passengers disembarking in Oakland were carefully screened in a secure area in the port so the sick could be treated.
Carnival CEO Arnold Donald told Bloomberg his company’s response to the coronavirus outbreak was reasonable because the risk was difficult to foresee. “This is aCarnival’s response shouldn’t be condemned before “analyzing what New York did to deal with the crisis, what the vice president’s task force did, what the Italians, Chinese, South Koreans, and Japanese did. We’re a small part of the real story,” he said.
But Cindy Friedman, the epidemiologist who leads the CDC’s cruise ship task force, told Bloomberg that several of the Carnival ships with sickened passengers didn’t begin their voyages until well after executives knew it was risky. The company’s actions created a “huge strain” on the country,” she said. “Nobody should be going on cruise ships during this pandemic, full stop,” Friedman added.— even though Trump pushed to provide them with money.
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