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Why did the ship visit Vietnam? Did this cause or facilitate the virus outbreak?
* “We are not at war, and therefore cannot allow a single sailor to perish as a result of this pandemic unnecessarily,” Crozier wrote.<ref> [https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-01/spread-of-covid-19-on-carrier-theodore-roosevelt-is-ongoing-and-accelerating-captain-says Coronavirus spread on aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is accelerating, captain says] ''Los Angeles Times''</ref>
* “We are not at war, and therefore cannot allow a single sailor to perish as a result of this pandemic unnecessarily,” Crozier wrote.<ref> [https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-01/spread-of-covid-19-on-carrier-theodore-roosevelt-is-ongoing-and-accelerating-captain-says Coronavirus spread on aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is accelerating, captain says] ''Los Angeles Times''</ref>
* Most of the 5,000 crew members ... will be quarantined in hotel rooms, government officials said Wednesday. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/virus-grounds-a-u-s-aircraft-carrier-as-crew-quarantined-in-guam-11585736476 Virus Grounds a U.S. Aircraft Carrier as Crew Quarantined in Guam] - '''Wall Street Journal''' - 4-1-2020
* Most of the 5,000 crew members ... will be quarantined in hotel rooms, government officials said Wednesday. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/virus-grounds-a-u-s-aircraft-carrier-as-crew-quarantined-in-guam-11585736476 Virus Grounds a U.S. Aircraft Carrier as Crew Quarantined in Guam] - '''Wall Street Journal''' - 4-1-2020
==Source of contamination==
About the decision to visit [[Vietnam]], [[CBS News]] cited remarks by Admiral John Aquilino, commander of the United States Pacific Fleet:
* The first sailor tested positive 15 days after a port call in Danang, Vietnam. Aquilino defended the decision to go through with that port call saying that at the time, World Health Organization data showed a total of 16 cases of coronavirus in Vietnam. All the cases were in the Hanoi area (north of Danang) and no new cases had been reported within 20 days. Aircraft flew on and off the carrier in the days after the port call, so the virus could have been brought aboard from somewhere other than Vietnam.<ref> [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-uss-theodore-roosevelt-captain-removal-quarantine-sailors-aircraft-carrier/ USS Theodore Roosevelt captain calls for immediate removal of sailors over coronavirus outbreak]</ref>
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