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CDC Confirms Outbreak on Cruise Ship Due to ‘Unknown’ Illness
Epoch Times ^ | 1-31-24 | Jack Phillips

Posted on 02/02/2024 5:43:21 AM PST by dynachrome

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that 135 people were sickened with an “unknown” illness while on board a cruise ship operated by Cunard Line.

In an update issued on Jan. 31, the agency said that the predominant symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea, but it said the “causative agents” are “unknown.” Out of about 2,700 passengers and crew, 135 were sickened on Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria, which is on a planned voyage from Jan. 22 to Feb. 12. However, the cases that have been currently reported “do not represent the number of active (symptomatic) gastrointestinal cases at any given port of call or at disembarkation,” the agency said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cdc; cruiseship; illness
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Sounds like the flu
1 posted on 02/02/2024 5:43:21 AM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Yuck, disgusting.


2 posted on 02/02/2024 5:44:47 AM PST by yldstrk
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To: dynachrome

Might be a new strain of norovirus.


3 posted on 02/02/2024 5:45:06 AM PST by dynachrome (War does not determine who is right, but who is left.)
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To: dynachrome

Or just the usual.

I’ve had the coof.

I’ve had noro.

I’d rather have the coof.


4 posted on 02/02/2024 5:46:00 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: yldstrk

Never go on a cruise ship.


5 posted on 02/02/2024 5:46:22 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: mewzilla

It’s a Cunard ship, too.

That’ll sting.


6 posted on 02/02/2024 5:46:41 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: dynachrome

In before all the “cruise ships are petri dishes full of disease” by people that have never been on one. 😂


7 posted on 02/02/2024 5:46:43 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: dynachrome

A floating city.. likely little handwashing. Not my idea of fun.


8 posted on 02/02/2024 5:47:08 AM PST by momincombatboots (BQEphesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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To: V_TWIN

Damn.....too late


9 posted on 02/02/2024 5:47:16 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: dynachrome

#PetriDishOfTheSea


10 posted on 02/02/2024 5:48:01 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: V_TWIN

11 posted on 02/02/2024 5:50:33 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: V_TWIN

Why do we need to pay thousands to sail on one to find out the hard way about a GI virus problem on a cruise ship?

We can just read all about it on the news, social media, lawyers’ blogs...


12 posted on 02/02/2024 5:50:47 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: dynachrome
Pre-COVID oldie but goodie meme:


13 posted on 02/02/2024 5:50:52 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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“Out of about 2,700 passengers and crew, 135 were sickened on Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria”

Which means 95% were unaffected.


14 posted on 02/02/2024 5:50:54 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: mewzilla

Like I said......ignorant


15 posted on 02/02/2024 5:51:50 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Never go on a cruise ship.
********
I agree with you. I went once and decided that was more than enough for me.


16 posted on 02/02/2024 5:52:42 AM PST by yldstrk
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From December...

Carnival ordered to hand over more than 4m documents in norovirus lawsuit Lawyers representing Carnival cruises say it will take a full year to produce millions of documents as part of a wide-reaching class action lawsuit.

17 posted on 02/02/2024 5:54:12 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: dynachrome

How convenient (for the political leaders).


18 posted on 02/02/2024 5:54:42 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: V_TWIN

Paging Inigo Montoya...


19 posted on 02/02/2024 5:54:44 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Col Frank Slade

I love to cruise. It’s great fun!


20 posted on 02/02/2024 5:55:22 AM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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