Dozens of passengers are held in quarantine on a Cambodian river cruise boat after a British woman, 65, tested positive for coronavirus

UK Daily Mail ^ | March 11, 2020 | Faith Ridler

[C19fan]

Dozens of passengers have been held in quarantine on a Cambodian river cruise boat after a British woman tested positive for coronavirus.

The vessel was placed under police guard after it was moored on the Mekong River near Kampong Cham, southeastern Cambodia, on Tuesday.

The British woman, 65, was transported to the Kampong Cham Hospital for observation and treatment after it emerged she was infected with COVID-19.

Health Minister Mam Bunheng confirmed the remaining 62 passengers and crew aboard the Viking River Cruises vessel would be tested for the virus and quarantined for 14 days.

[C19fan]

Another day, another floating petri dish quarantine. Perhaps the passengers will get lucky as they are in humid Cambodia. Humidity appears to be an effective killer of the virus.

[LouieFisk]

Hey, I got an idea - let’s mark the pandemic by going to some third world dump for a nice cruise!

[moovova]

Lodge them at the Hanoi Hilton until they’ve recovered.

[LouieFisk]

Yeah, I always wonder what goes through people’s mind when they come up with such ideas....and think it’s a brilliant idea.

[null and void]

But but but but it can't spread when it's hot and humid, bro!.....

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.

[AC86UT89]

Let me know when they start quarantining hotels, casinos, resorts..

Also Airports and airlines..

Broadway theaters, NYC subway system..

NFL, NBA, NHL games..

Campaign rallies by politicians..

Or is it just cruise travel that is the problem?

[null and void]

Lodge them at the Hanoi Hilton until they’ve recovered.

And after their cases have resolved...

[null and void]

Let me know when they start quarantining hotels, casinos, resorts..

THEY won't.

We The People will have to stop going on our own.

At least the surviving We The People will have to.

[Jane Long]

But but but but it can’t spread when it’s hot and humid, bro!.....

==

Your sarc is exactly right on.

This has been proven, for some time, in warmer climates (Brazil, Singapore, etc.)....where it HAS spread.

Wake up, folks.

[Jane Long]

Yep.

Two of our trips have been cancelled. One by us, one by the organizers.

We’ll sit back and let others roll the dice.

[shanover]

So I was listening to the radio yesterday and I heard a cruise ad with free airfare!!!!!!! This is the stupid sh*t that will make this situation so much worse. It is so difficult to tell people what to do and not do something let alone business that will not shut down at any cost because money lost is worse than people lost/sick.

[bgill]

The entire world knows taking cruises might end in quarantines. Can’t fix stupid.