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

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. All 10 current residents are eating in their rooms along with him, and oftentimes, the doctors and nurses do, too. These and many other Omaha takeout standouts have been delivered directly to his address: A door located inside the University of Nebraska Medical Center National Quarantine Unit.

We were honored to share a taste of Nebraska with those in quarantine. 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. Jake Rosmarin has never set foot inside an Omaha restaurant.

On May 12, his third day at UNMC, they brought him an iced horchata espresso topped with vanilla cold foam from the Starbucks inside the hospital. 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. As Rosmarin nears his final week in quarantine, he said he has food deliveries scheduled for every day.

This odd Omaha food journey started about a week into his stay, after he'd mentioned to the staff a few times how much he wanted a Starbucks coffee. 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. During the next week, he tried more food truck cuisine.