“Getting 3,700 hundred people off a ship into single isolation rooms would be a massive task. Most hospitals only have a relatively few isolation rooms.”
I think I read Japan has 2000 isolation rooms at hospitals country wide.
The 3700 can’t all be sent to the hospital. They should be isolated at military bases, hotels, etc. Only those testing positive sent to the hospital.
only those testing positive that are sick enough to need hospitalization should be sent to a hospital. The rest. like. e observed at a barracks or hotel reserved for the infected but not seriously ill
I’m sure hotels have central air, and the ducting would operate pretty much the same way it does on the ship.
It would be a massive undertaking to facilitate this, and then the next cruise ship docks, and the next, and the next...
Seems to me, whether we like it or not, keeping people on the ship is probably the best resolution, as long as preventative measures are taken to prevent spread of the disease.
Cranking down the air to almost no/or none at all circulation could help. Keeping people in their rooms could help.
It’s a mess.