Captain Begs Navy to Help Stop Coronavirus Outbreak Aboard Aircraft Carrier | TODAY

The commander of a Navy

aircraft

carrier

docked in Guam giving a dire warning about dozens of service members on board diagnosed with the corona virus according to a letter obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle the

captain

of the USS Theodore Roosevelt telling Navy leaders that the The spread of the disease is ongoing and accelerating and removing all but 10% of the crew is a necessary risk to

stop

the spread of the virus. We are not at war. Sailors don't need to die if we don't act now. We are not taking appropriate measures. from our most trusted asset, our Sailor Captain Crozier, writes that only a small number of infected sailors have been removed from the ship and that following the official guidelines for a 14-day quarantine and social distancing in such confined spaces is impossible due to a problem inherent to warships. space limitations, we're not doing this, the

captain

was forced to request shore quarantine rooms on Guam for his entire crew as soon as possible, but despite those limitations, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CBS News that it is not time to evacuate a ship right now. point, make sure we contain the virus, that we deploy testing kits, we get a good assessment of how much of the crew is infected, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas, gently emphasizing to MSNBC that the

aircraft

carrier

must remain operational, but we are doing everything possible to ensure that the ship maintains a level of readiness that, should anything happen, it can be ready to depart this morning as a wartime ship fighting the virus that threatens us all.