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A Cruise Ship With At Least 77 People with Flu-Like Symptoms on Board is Heading to Florida
TIME ^ | March 26, 2020 | Sanya Mansoor

Posted on 03/26/2020 11:20:27 AM PDT by Capt. Tom

A cruise ship carrying at least 77 people with flu-like symptoms on board is on its way to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., according to a statement from the cruise line. The ship, MS Zaandam, intends to arrive in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, March 30 but cruise line Holland America notes that “plans are still being finalized.”snip

Zaandam left Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 7 on a trip that was supposed to end in San Antonio, Chile on March 21 — but that route was disrupted over coronavirus concerns. Holland America announced on March 13 that it would suspend its global cruise operations for 30 days “due to the continued port closures and travel restrictions surrounding COVID-19 and in an abundance of caution.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cruiseship; hollandamerican; zaandam
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To: txrefugee
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.

also from the article--
Two Costa Cruises ships, with only crew members on board, are trying to dock at Port Miami on Thursday after at least 30 individuals were reported as having flu-like symptoms, a company spokesperson said.

Roger Frizzell, a spokesperson for Carnival Corporation, which owns Costa Cruises, told TIME in an emailed statement on Thursday afternoon that “at this point,” the Magica and the Favolosa do not have official clearance to enter from the port of Miami”

61 posted on 03/26/2020 12:32:41 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: Capt. Tom

Why go to US port? Go back to port of origin!


62 posted on 03/26/2020 12:33:31 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: ZinGirl

What state do you live in?


63 posted on 03/26/2020 12:39:10 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Wuli

Maryland. It’s fun ;)


64 posted on 03/26/2020 12:48:38 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: Fido969

Do we have any submarines in that area that can stop the ship?sarc/


65 posted on 03/26/2020 1:13:01 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: ZinGirl

Have you considered traveling out of state for your surgery.

Not all states are in he midst of a statewide lockdown - fewer Cov-19 cases, which says something about the availability of hospital resources also, and some states do allow/honor out of state insurance coverage, though it might be “out of network” with respect to some plan, but then also some states have a lower average cost for some things compared to other states.

I remember looking into that sort of possibility for something for myself awhile back.


66 posted on 03/26/2020 1:22:55 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Wuli

I appreciate the thought, for sure. I have an appointment on May 7 with a different surgeon. Plus I have had cortisone shots and I believe surgery has to be at least 3 months after that.


67 posted on 03/26/2020 1:47:10 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: Wuli

I appreciate the thought, for sure. I have an appointment on May 7 with a different surgeon. Plus I have had cortisone shots and I believe surgery has to be at least 3 months after that.


68 posted on 03/26/2020 1:47:10 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: ZinGirl

Best of luck. Bookmark this thread and let me know how your cruise trip goes after you get back.


69 posted on 03/26/2020 1:51:47 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Fido969

Don’t forget to pack a few trunks of money and months of clothes.


70 posted on 03/26/2020 1:59:22 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: Leaning Right

Mary Ann wins over Ginger in many ways.


71 posted on 03/26/2020 2:00:22 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

Sadly, she didn’t.


72 posted on 03/26/2020 2:01:43 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: lowbridge

Beats going to the Regal Beagle.

Order in.


73 posted on 03/26/2020 2:03:04 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: Wuli

Thank you so much....I will! (Also..just checked your home page. Maybe with all this extra time you can tinker around and come up with the Unified Theory....That would be fun! ;). A nephew just got his PhD in physics. I didn’t even understand the title of his dissertation.)


74 posted on 03/26/2020 2:05:09 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: wally_bert

> Mary Ann wins over Ginger in many ways. <

The three great questions of the 20th century:

Socialism or capitalism?
Fascism or democracy?
Mary Ann or Ginger?

Here’s a bit of trivia: Stalin preferred Ginger.


75 posted on 03/26/2020 2:06:01 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

Ford or Chevrolet?


76 posted on 03/26/2020 2:08:36 PM PDT by wally_bert (Spend like you were going to the electric chair!)
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To: Reno89519
Why go to US port? Go back to port of origin!

ms Zaandam current cruise is 31 days, one-way from Buenos Aires to Fort Lauderdale. Prices start from USD 2279 (double occupancy rates). The itinerary starts on 07 Mar, 2020 and ends on 07 Apr, 2020.

I guess they are trying to complete the cruise.-Tom

77 posted on 03/26/2020 3:01:56 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: Kozak
Wife and I have a Baltic cruise scheduled, but not till July 2021.
Hopefully by then this will have burned through.

You should be OK by then. My daughter is sweating out a July cruise scheduled in 4 months. -Tom

78 posted on 03/26/2020 4:14:57 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: entropy12

Was the rumor that trip insurance wasn’t going to cover Corona just a rumor, and not fact?


79 posted on 03/26/2020 4:23:15 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

This link may answer your question:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherelliott/2020/02/02/does-travel-insurance-cover-the-coronavirus/#760eec754d64


80 posted on 03/26/2020 4:30:36 PM PDT by entropy12 (You are either for free enterprise or want gov't to guarantee your wages.)
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