There is no way to prevent hit pieces that will try to make anyone who is “diagnosed” with Covid after being on a Cruise ship into a media spectacle. We have already seen the havoc intentional false positives using the 40 times oversampled has produced. These a$$clowns like Winkleman are looking for a big payday. It has all been a steaming load of nonsense since the Diamond Princess.
The cruise lines have fended off and frustrated the American litigious law firms and ambulance chasers, by flagging the vessels in foreign countries.
Could you imagine the endless lawsuits by disgruntled cruisers being pushed by the American lawyers if the Cruise ships were American flagged.
I realize our small river cruise boats are American flagged, as is one cruise ship in Hawaii, but these big cruise ships hold 2,00-5,000 passengers not a few hundred, and travel worldwide in some rough water and to some rough ports. -Tom