More than 2,000 people are stranded on Holland America cruise ship after four countries refuse to let it dock over coronavirus fears - despite crew's insistence there are no cases on board

UK Daily Mail ^ | February 7, 2020 | Tim Stickings

[C19fan]

More than 2,000 people are marooned at sea after four countries denied entry to a cruise ship over coronavirus fears - despite the crew's insistence that there are no virus cases on board.

Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and the US territory of Guam have all denied permission for the MS Westerdam to dock.

Japanese leader Shinzo Abe yesterday said his country would not allow foreign passengers to disembark, saying there were suspected virus patients on board.

However, cruise operator Holland America said last night that 'the ship is not in quarantine and there are no known cases of coronavirus on board'.

[Fai Mao]

Holland America should be sued to bankruptcy over this. They stopped at HK and let 800 passengers onboard in the middle of an outbreak.

[null and void]

The deadliest virus of all - FEAR.

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[Col Frank Slade]

Don’t ever go on a cruise ship.

Ever.

[Red Badger]

Seems like this was a movie plot years ago................

[allendale]

Some small port in China will do. In fact the local port honchos could probably extract a huge price from the Holland America line and the passengers who will be “quarantined” in the port for their “hospitality”. Imagine the cost of a ticket to fly out of there once they are thoroughly soaked and “cleared”.

[CTyank]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087979/

[Gamecock]

[ReformedBeckite]

I know the odds of getting the virus (and any other virus) is greater on a cruise ship but I wonder how the statistics of this specific cruise ship matches what is going on in the major cities of China. Is it worse, the same, or better, my gut feeling is it worse, time will tell.

[Moonman62]

They stopped at HK and let 800 passengers onboard in the middle of an outbreak.

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There are not that many cases in Hong Kong. 24 according to Johns Hopkins data.

[RummyChick]

First Squawk
@FirstSquawk
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CHINA STARTED GIVING ANTIVIRAL MEDICINE MADE BY GILEAD || THE SAME DRUG WHICH U.S. HAS USED ON ITS FIRST CORONAVIRUS PATIENT; SYMPTOMS IMPROVED ON THE NEXT DAY

[GulfMan]

Based on the 61 infected on the other cruise ship I’d say Coronavirus is highly contagious

[SeekAndFind]

REMINDS ME OF THIS MOVIE ( CLOSE, BUT NOT EXACTLY )

[LilFarmer]

My husband is on one now ***cry***. I’m holding my breath til he gets home, and then I might hold my breath 2 more weeks!

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

GMTA!.....................

[MayflowerMadam]

We’re on one now. We dock tomorrow.

[Red Badger]

Boil water. LOTS OF WATER.................

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3814103/posts

[Red Badger]

You hope....................

[RummyChick]

I was researching things to do before this outbreak to keep safe on a cruise.

Saw a lot of of comments about how Asians would wear masks and gloves to protect themselves.