Posted on 07/17/2020 9:40:08 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
LouieFisk wrote: “Not much of a brag. Especially considering schools are also closed down.”
You miss the point that your local neighborhood elementary school is more of hot bed of disease than a cruise ship.
The CDC may come to that in September.
The CDC reminds me of the person in the old adage who had to cut off his cats tail to save its life.
He couldn't bring himself to just getting it over with, so he cut the tail off an inch at a time. - Tom
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8:35 AM · Jul 17, 2020·
“You miss the point that your local neighborhood elementary school is more of hot bed of disease than a cruise ship.”
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That’s still not all that great of a boasting point. Like saying “Baltimore isn’t as bad as Detroit” with beaming pride.
Not surpising to me and others.
I got wise to the CDC early on, when the CDC did not use available test kits like So. Korea and Germany did, but insisted the CDC used their own CDC test kits which proved defective and we lost several weeks of testing. Which got blamed on Pres. Trump. -Tom
LouieFisk wrote: “That’s still not all that great of a boasting point. Like saying “Baltimore isn’t as bad as Detroit” with beaming pride.”
It’s not a boast to say that cruise ships are not the ‘petri dish’ some like to claim. I don’t suppose you’ve ever been on a cruise?
Cruise ships have long been a recognized problem as disease and illness incubators & transporters, even before covid. In years past they had become a late night punchline because of the constant outbreaks. I’m honestly surprised anyone has yet to learn of it.
Influenza Surveillance on Cruise Ships
https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(13)00587-4/pdf
Infectious Diseases on Cruise Ships
Arézou Minooee and Leland S. Rickman
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct., 1999)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4460997?seq=1
These are the 5 cruise lines with the most stomach bug outbreaks
https://fortune.com/2015/04/15/5-cruise-lines-most-stomach-bug-outbreaks/
Outbreak Updates for International Cruise Ships (1994 - 2020)
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/surv/gilist.htm
121 cruise ships came to the U.S. after March 1. Just 15 didn’t have apparent coronavirus cases onboard.
https://theweek.com/speedreads/922354/121-cruise-ships-came-after-march-1-just-15-didnt-have-apparent-coronavirus-cases-onboard
LouieFisk wrote: “Cruise ships have long been a recognized problem as disease and illness incubators & transporters, even before covid. In years past they had become a late night punchline because of the constant outbreaks. I’m honestly surprised anyone has yet to learn of it.”
I’m surprised that anyone other than late night comedians actually believe that. Once again, have you ever been on a cruise ship so you might actually know about these things?
“I’m surprised that anyone other than late night comedians actually believe that.”
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If you refuse to believe any of the research, all the records and news stories about illness and death occurring on cruise ships I can’t help you, sorry. That’s just too much of an astounding total and absolute denial of reality to hope to ever overcome. Amazing, wow. Good luck.
LouieFisk wrote: “If you refuse to believe any of the research, all the records and news stories about illness and death occurring on cruise ships I can’t help you, sorry.”
Why do you continue to refuse to answer my question about your experiences. For the third time: have you ever been on a cruise ship?
It is too bad these cruise lines did not have enough resources set aside for a rainy day. Cruise business will come back with a vengeance in 2021 when this covid-19 nonsense goes away.
The media’s fear mongering could suddenly end on Nov 4th 2020 if Biden manages to win from his basement.
It looks like none of the big cruise lines were ready for this shutdown either, and borrowed BILLIONS of dollars to stay afloat.
Some of the smaller Cruise lines couldn't get those loans, and had to eventually fold. -Tom
I'm planning on a MINIMUM of at least 3 cruises next year...especially with the big price drops.
When I am ready for a nursing home, I am going to spend a few years on cruise ships permanently! Costs no more than nursing homes LOL.
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