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Seven test positive for COVID-19 on first Caribbean cruise since March
The New York Post ^ | November 14, 2020 | Isabel Vincent

Posted on 11/14/2020 9:53:56 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

Seven people have now tested positive for the coronavirus aboard the first cruise ship to venture into the Caribbean since the beginning of the pandemic in March.

The SeaDream 1 ended its cruise early after multiple passengers tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, according to USA Today.

The outbreak occurred despite strict precautions taken before the cruise. Passengers were required to have two negative COVID-19 tests before boarding the ship and had their temperatures checked daily, according to the cruise line’s officials, who also said the ship was sanitized daily.

“Now 7 cases onboard as the other half of a couple who tested positive yesterday has also tested positive,” tweeted a couple who are on the ship, and chronicle cruises on YouTube. “Everyone else has tested negative. Apparently all negative passengers will all be free to leave the ship and travel and fly home tomorrow [Saturday].”

The ship, which was carrying 66 crew and 53 passengers, left Barbados last week, but was forced to return there on Wednesday when one passenger became ill with the virus.

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1 posted on 11/14/2020 9:53:56 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Never mind that the test is like flipping a coin.


2 posted on 11/14/2020 9:54:57 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Pessimists see difficulty in opportunity; optimists see opportunity in every difficulty. Churc)
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To: MinorityRepublican

This was a test. It goes to show that the strictest of precautions still will not prevent the disease from spreading. Let it spread, I guess.


3 posted on 11/14/2020 9:57:06 AM PST by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Does anyone know that if you have purchased the cruise medical insurance and you contract Covid while on a cruise - will the cruise medical insurance cover Covid treatment while in another country? Or will Covid not be covered?


4 posted on 11/14/2020 9:59:27 AM PST by PeanutbutterandJellybean
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Never mind that the test is like flipping a coin.”

Ain’t that the truth. Just ask Elon Musk.

The tests are obviously too sensitive among other things.


5 posted on 11/14/2020 10:03:15 AM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: PeanutbutterandJellybean

At this point, what difference does it make?


6 posted on 11/14/2020 10:05:02 AM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

So, what’s the big deal?... I’m sure several people on the cruise also test positive for the common cold, influenza, hepatitis A/B/C/D/E and probably HIV and a case of Ebola thrown in there.

Fear mongering nonsense.


7 posted on 11/14/2020 10:07:48 AM PST by Bellagio
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To: MinorityRepublican

The tests are bogus....
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1327125840040169472?fbclid=IwAR2r3rSX3ZjyoH8bisj7HOnk5md6xgjnNBNYbJpMms1Y6vTPMh_ubmShMQY


8 posted on 11/14/2020 10:08:48 AM PST by Musket (It's very simple:<i>your quoted text pasted here</i><p> produces Quoted Italic with paragraph break)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Never mind that the test is like flipping a coin.

Elon Musk knocks 'extremely bogus' COVID-19 test after taking four tests in one day!

The Hill ^ | 11/13/20 | Jordan Williams

Posted on 11/13/2020, 6:40:38 AM by 100%FEDUP

“Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive,” Musk said on Twitter. “Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD.”

9 posted on 11/14/2020 10:09:56 AM PST by Grampa Dave ( Governors certify the electoral votes! Congress declares the winners! Not the left wing mediotsh)
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Are any of them showing symptoms?

Are they contagious?

Were they tested before the cruise?

Who tested them and why?

Someone is trying to destroy the cruise industry; which will result in the destruction of thousands of dependent business.


10 posted on 11/14/2020 10:16:49 AM PST by CoastWatcher
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The tests are bogus...

The tests are not bogus. They are doing exactly what they were designed to do. They were designed to provide millions of positive results from people who are not infected just before the election. Of course anyone who dies for any reason months after getting a positive result can be counted as a Covid Death. So the "plandemic" can go on and on.

11 posted on 11/14/2020 10:22:56 AM PST by fireman15
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To: PeanutbutterandJellybean

I can’t speak for the cruise’s insurance, but when my mother got sick while traveling a few years ago, the traveler’s insurance she got covered the whole thing.


12 posted on 11/14/2020 10:25:25 AM PST by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: fireman15

I’m taking a class on Medical Coding right now. I’m still only in the second week of the class, so I could be interpreting this wrong, but it looks like there is one single code for identifying covid cases. With most conditions, there are many different codes for the different types, severities, complications, etc. But for covid it all gets lumped into one single code.

*If* I’m interpreting that right, it could explain why everyone who tests positive and then dies is getting counted as a covid death. But keep in mind, that’s a big “if”.


13 posted on 11/14/2020 10:34:18 AM PST by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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It’s the antigen test that is bogus. It’s not the standard test, which is PCR.

The antigen test is from the serology wackos who arrived on the scene to celebrate Sweden doing 100% hands off, despite the Swedish Health Minister telling them over and over Sweden had never been hands off. Distancing was always the rule there as well as limiting capacity, just like everywhere else.


14 posted on 11/14/2020 10:34:32 AM PST by Owen
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To: MinorityRepublican
Passengers were required to have two negative COVID-19 tests before boarding the ship and had their temperatures checked daily

But 7 passengers later testing positive doesn't give me a lot of confidence in the testing.

15 posted on 11/14/2020 10:43:50 AM PST by libertylover (Election 2020: Make America Great Again or Burn it to the Ground. Choose one. Voter fraud is treason)
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To: LastDayz

From a financial standpoint, it makes a huge difference.


16 posted on 11/14/2020 11:21:24 AM PST by PeanutbutterandJellybean
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To: PeanutbutterandJellybean

Oops.... musta forgot the sarcasm tag.


17 posted on 11/14/2020 11:34:04 AM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Ezekiel Emmanuel cruise line!


18 posted on 11/14/2020 11:52:51 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Ellendra

Wrong. there are a myriad of ICD 10 codes for covid and the list gets longer daily


19 posted on 11/14/2020 11:58:24 AM PST by Mom MD
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To: PeanutbutterandJellybean

You need mental health insurance if you’re thinking about going on a cruise at this time.


20 posted on 11/14/2020 12:03:06 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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