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‘You Can’t Make This Shit Up’: Inside the Brewing Coronavirus Mutiny at a California Marine Base

Evacuees from the epicenter of the new, deadly coronavirus under quarantine at a marine corps base in San Diego veered toward revolt on Wednesday after U.S. officials admitted to mistakenly releasing an infected patient back into the group.

Dozens of temporary residents at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar have signed a petition demanding better oversight at the facility, where about 230 people were being held after evacuating last week from China. The fears expressed in the petition, a copy of which was obtained by The Daily Beast, echoed concerns raised by experts in recent days about whether individuals without symptoms can transmit the disease.