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‘Careful’ US sailors thought they were safer in SA. They were wrong

08 June 2020 - 08:00 By Bobby Jordan
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Sailor Patrick Childress contracted Covid-19 in SA, despite spending most of the time on his yacht.
Sailor Patrick Childress contracted Covid-19 in SA, despite spending most of the time on his yacht.
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Six weeks ago, sailor Patrick Childress joked  he was much better off in locked-down SA than his native US.

Now he is on a ventilator in hospital.

 

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