[Capt. Tom]

Several situations to be worked out since the cruise ships are carrying people from many countries and some have Covid19.

Stay tuned. -Tom

[FreedomPoster]

Issue everyone on board each ship a cycle of HCQ + Z-Pack + zinc supplements. Make it a large scale practical clinical test.

[NormsRevenge]

Land Ho!! At last..

We had quite the mix onboard the Coral Princess on a Panama cruise last November, lots of folks from all over. No issues on that trip. What a sad situation for all.

[ocrp1982]

That industry is dead. The unbelievable bad publicity it has received in recent weeks will not be soon forgotten. It will not recover. Countries the world over refusing/reluctant to allow the poor bastards trapped aboard those Petri Dishes to dock and disembark and the sheer panic of those trapped on board is something they are very unlikely to recover from.

[Phillyred]

Voters?

[Capt. Tom]

from the article;
The Zaandam, owned by Carnival Corp.’s Holland America Line, departed Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 7, one day before the U.S. State Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned all Americans to avoid cruise travel.

The cruise was scheduled to end in Chile on March 21, but Chile did not allow anyone on board to disembark... -Tom

[thesearethetimes...]

BkMk

[Chgogal]

I can see both ships in the far distance from my terrace. They are sailing north, presumably in circles.

[Chgogal]

Looks like the critically ill will go to hospitals. The foreigners will go from cabin to buses, to planes and flown to respective countries. Usually the HAL crews are from Indonesia. My guess, those crew members wil fly to Schiphol and from there back home. Those crew members, some from Bali, are usually real sweethearts. The money they make from tips really helps their families. Love Indonesia, love Bali.

[Capt. Tom]

Update excerpt from Reuters -Zachary Fagensom:
Nine people suspected of having COVID-19, the potentially lethal respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, will go to a Broward Health hospital, while foreign nationals will board buses directly to an airport before flying by charter planes back to their home countries, NBC reported. Forty-five severely sick passengers will remain on board. The deal comes after Trump earlier this week urged the state’s governor, a fellow Republican, to drop his opposition to accepting the ships.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cruise/florida-to-allow-two-cruise-ships-to-dock-after-impasse-nbc-reports-idUSKBN21K22E