90-Second Read: Table for one: Exposed to deadly Hantavirus, man is eating his way through quarantine

Healthy but bored, Jake Rosmarin is stuck inside the University of Nebraska Medical National Quarantine Unit for 42 days. Rosmarin, an Instagram -famous travel blogger from Boston, is one of 10 people being monitored in Omaha after he and fellow passengers on an Atlantic Ocean cruise were exposed to the rare Andes strain of the Hantavirus. Instead he's battling through 42 days of quarantined boredom. The Instagram-famous travel blogger is passing the time by getting an incredible amount of takeout and eating the most Nebraska of Nebraska foods.

The outbreak killed three people who were aboard the cruise ship, and at least eight more are confirmed or suspected to have contracted the virus. We were honored to share a taste of Nebraska with those in quarantine. All 10 current residents are eating in their rooms along with him, and oftentimes, the doctors and nurses do, too. And yet, in the past month, he has eaten Reuben egg rolls from Paddy McGown's, a burrito bowl from Bomb Taco, a box of candy from Chocolat Abielle, buffalo chicken pizza from Mama's and, of course, a Runza.

For meal deliveries, nursing staff stay on their side of the door and Rosmarin on his, and the food is handed through on a tray or in a bag. Rosmain is doing more than just eating to pass the time. They sent him a direct message, but it didn't make it to him, she said, so they doubled down, finding the right connection at UNMC through a friend and taking orders for everyone in the unit. The shop made special flavors for Rosmarin and every other patient in quarantine.

He got a new barbecue bacon version of a Runza, plus ranch dressing, frings, that's a mix of fries and onion rings, for the uninitiated, and a prickly pear lemonade. As Rosmarin nears his final week in quarantine, he said he has food deliveries scheduled for every day. The first meal he tried from a local spot came a week later, from the Paddy Wagon, the food truck arm of Paddy McGown's, which was serving lunch at the hospital.