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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPassenger Aboard First Cruise Ship to Return to Sailing in Caribbean Tests positive for COVID-19
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Hey, did you know cruise ships are in the Caribbean now?
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Passenger Aboard First Cruise Ship to Return to Sailing in Caribbean Tests positive for #covid19
Passenger Aboard First Cruise Ship to Return to Sailing in Caribbean Tests Positive for COVID-19
Passengers and non-essential crew are now isolating in their cabins as the ship heads back toward its departure point in Barbados
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Holly Figueroa O'Reilly
@AynRandPaulRyan
Hey, did you know cruise ships are in the Caribbean now?
Cool! Everything must be okay now! Let's go on a...
Passenger Aboard First Cruise Ship to Return to Sailing in Caribbean Tests positive for #covid19
Passenger Aboard First Cruise Ship to Return to Sailing in Caribbean Tests Positive for COVID-19
Passengers and non-essential crew are now isolating in their cabins as the ship heads back toward its departure point in Barbados
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Passenger Aboard First Cruise Ship to Return to Sailing in Caribbean Tests positive for COVID-19 (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Nov 2020
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Miguelito Loveless
(4,460 posts)1. Because. WHO could have forseen?
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)2. Interesting story by a travel reporter on that cruise.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/caribbean-cruise-covid-scare-seadream/
The cruise line took lots of precautions but failed on common sense and understanding human nature.
The cruise line took lots of precautions but failed on common sense and understanding human nature.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)3. Aren't cruise ships the natural habitat of corona viruses?
I think David Attenborough did a documentary on them a few years back. Didnt he?
Wounded Bear
(58,645 posts)4. Every contagion loves when we gather large groups in closed settings...
Remember Legionaires Disease a few years back? Contagious viruses + large groups of people confined in close quarters = epidemic. It's rather logical.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)5. Yep
But more than that. Cruise ships are notorious for outbreaks. I remember corona viruses being the specific cause in a number of then. Legionnaires too.
Logical but also thats what the record says. Its insane.
For clarity legionnaires is bacterial, but I think it likes air conditioning too. Maybe just wording
Also just in case, there was no such documentary, just a dumb joke because it seems so obvious a breeding ground.