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Former Isolation Patients Reassure Cruise Quarantine; Doctor Calls Team “Best”

5/18/2026

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Former high-security isolation patients are speaking publicly to reassure cruise-ship passengers in quarantine.
More than 40 Americans are quarantining at Omaha’s Quarantine Unit after a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, with no positive tests, prompting Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly to call the team the best of hands for current patients.
Creator Jake Rosmarin livestreams his quarantine, showing a TV, spin bike, three meals daily and Chipotle takeout.

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Story summary

Former high-security isolation patients are speaking publicly to reassure cruise-ship passengers in quarantine.
More than 40 Americans are quarantining at Omaha’s Quarantine Unit after a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, with no positive tests, prompting Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly to call the team the best of hands for current patients.
Creator Jake Rosmarin livestreams his quarantine, showing a TV, spin bike, three meals daily and Chipotle takeout.