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HTML: What happens when you find yourself at the epicenter of a global crisis over a contagious new virus? Bestselling writer Gay Courter and her filmmaker husband learned the answer to that question in early February 2020, just as they were about to disembark from the Diamond Princess in Tokyo after a dazzling two-week southeast Asian cruise. Weeks before lockdowns and social distancing became the new normal, the Courters and their shipmates suddenly found themselves trapped in a posh penitentiaryâ??courtesy of the Japanese Ministry of Health. Confined to their cabin and its balcony, they watched in terror as more and more sick and contagious passengers were loaded into ambulances and the world's press swarmed the port. Rather than passively endure their nightmare-come-true, they launched a campaign to get themselves and everyone else off the ship. With the help of the global media and some well-placed connections, they managed to influence high-ranking U.S.government officialsâ??right up to and including the White Houseâ??to bring everyone home to safety. Quarantine! is the insider's book on the Diamond Princess episode, a suspenseful real-life drama recounting Gay and Phil's twelve-day ordeal aboard ship, their tenacious efforts to get the U.S.government to repatriate them and other Americans, and their additional fifteen-day quarantine under federal order behind chain-link fencing at the pointedly less-than-posh Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The COVID-19 crisis has affected the entire world. In her inimitable, long-admired voice, Gay Courter tells how it feels to wonder if you will be the next victim. See quarantinediamondprincess.com for updates about the book and Phil Courter's forthcoming documentary, Quarantine! How We Survived the Diamond Princess Coronavirus Cri No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)362.19624140092Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Social problems of & services to groups of people People with physical illnesses Services to people with specific conditions Diseases Respiratory system Diseases of lungs Pneumonia Viral pneumonia, Covid-19 History, geographic treatment, biography BiographyRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |