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50 test positive for coronavirus aboard Royal Caribbean ship
The Hill ^
| 22 December 2021
| JOSEPH CHOI
Posted on 12/22/2021 9:44:49 PM PST by blueplum
Fifty people tested positive for COVID-19 aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that departed from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday.
Royal Caribbean spokesperson Lyan Sierra-Caro confirmed to USA Today that 47 crew members and three passengers aboard the Odyssey of the Seas tested positive.
The ship, which is carrying 3,587 passengers and 1,599 crew members, is on an eight-day trip but briefly returned to port Sunday to disembark a passenger who had COVID-19....
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Travel
KEYWORDS: ccpvirus; cruises; pandemic; royalcaribbean
The cruise ship said they tested their crew 'weekly' but since almost all the cases were in crew, maybe they should be testing alternate days?
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posted on
12/22/2021 9:44:49 PM PST
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
The cruise ship said they tested their crew 'weekly' but since almost all the cases were in crew, maybe they should be testing alternate days?
The real question you should be asking is were they vaccinated?!
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posted on
12/22/2021 10:03:00 PM PST
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: SoConPubbie
The real question you should be asking is were they vaccinated?!.......
“During routine weekly testing of our fully vaccinated crew members, there were test results that came back positive for COVID-19,” Royal Caribbean said in a statement.
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posted on
12/22/2021 10:13:00 PM PST
by
Ceebass
(USA RIP 1776-2021)
To: entropy12; Jane Long
*GRUDGE PING*
Paging Cruise Boy. Pick up the white courtesy phone.
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posted on
12/22/2021 10:16:14 PM PST
by
bagster
("Even bad men love their mamas".)
To: blueplum
Keep them all on board until camps can be made for them to disembark into.
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posted on
12/22/2021 10:33:36 PM PST
by
Dogbert41
("Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6).)
To: blueplum
Or take them to Australia.
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posted on
12/22/2021 10:34:20 PM PST
by
Dogbert41
("Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6).)
To: blueplum
Whatever happened to the benefits of direct exposure to sunlight while keeping the COVIDs away? Maybe those 50 people weren’t spending much time topside, when they could’ve been soaking up the sun.
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posted on
12/23/2021 2:04:47 AM PST
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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