A Cruise Ship With At Least 77 People with Flu-Like Symptoms on Board is Heading to Florida

TIME ^ | March 26, 2020 | Sanya Mansoor

[Capt. Tom]

I post this for those of us who like cruising, and for those who dislike cruising.

My daughter is planning a cruise on the MSC Mirivaglia in July,and I am hoping to be able to go on one to Bermuda in October. -Tom

[ZinGirl]

Been booked for a while for a cruise in October up the east coast. Hope it happens.

[2banana]

Well, another control test petri dish to get data. That government will probably ignore.

The Diamond Princess cruise ship... basically another floating petri dish of old people...had about a 20% infection rate and seven deaths (all elderly) out of 3,700 passengers.

A death rate not even on par with the flu.

[Fido969]

A three-hour cruise....

[Bob434]

will they be going through the Bermuda triangle? j/k j/k-

Folks going on cruises right now gotta face the fact that they might very well have to quarantine for 1/2 a month when they dock back home- but hey- that’s 1/2 month vacation for free-

[Vendome]

[cherry]

I don’t a know why a cruise starting country and supposed to end in a foreign country needs to stop in our country, with all that sickness....

[JohnBrowdie]

if the ship sinks, they’ll all be counted as corona fatalities.

[Vendome]

[Fido969]

The Diamond Princess cruise ship... basically another floating petri dish of old people...had about a 20% infection rate and seven deaths (all elderly) out of 3,700 passengers. 3,700 people about .01% of the US population, about one 10,000th. 7 deaths times about 10,000 is about 70,000.

[redcatcherb412]

They really should send these cruise liners to the countries they are flagged under. Not surprisingly very few if not none are all foreign flagged to escape US taxes, even the Disney cruises fly under the Bahamian flag. There's only one big sea cruise ship registered in the USA - ms Pride of America, and the sole reason for that is she sails in Hawaii exclusively, the whole year-round.

Cruise Liners

[Leaning Right]

> A three-hour cruise... <

I wouldn’t consider a cruise even if Ginger was booked in the same cabin as I was. But if it were Mary Ann...

[entropy12]

I am cruise starved already LOL, last one was on Feb 24th, from Jacksonville, FL whose cruise terminal is only 30 minutes drive from home, so convenient, no flights, no hotels.

[Stevenc131]

All other ports are closed to cruise ships. We live in the U.S.A and in spite of all the badmouthing liberals do, we still help people in need.

And note to Oliver Stone, Bernie Sanders, Danny Glover, and all the democratic socialists (aka communists), the worker’s paradise that is Venezuela doesn’t seem to be offering to help, only the repressive USA.

[DugwayDuke]

cherry wrote: “I don’t a know why a cruise starting country and supposed to end in a foreign country needs to stop in our country, with all that sickness....”

Somewhat misleading article. Holland sold this cruise as a roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale around South America to Fort Lauderdale. It also sold segments of this cruise, ie, Fort lauderdale to Rio, etc.

[mabarker1]

Because they want to be sure that AMERICA gets a really good dose of the chicom war tool by delivery.

[txrefugee]

Let the cruise lines go broke. They sell tickets to eat and sleep on a floating petrie dish, and then head for the US to dump all the careless idiots who get sick onboard. Florida is truly selfish for exposing its citizens to danger and death for cash.

[FreeReign]

I don’t a know why a cruise starting country and supposed to end in a foreign country needs to stop in our country, with all that sickness....

I agree. Start it in a foreign country -- end it there!

[moovova]

[Ratman0823]

But if it were Mary Ann...

Can I also add Marcia Brady?

(Eat your heart out, Jack Tripper!)