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We had an outbreak of this "virus" last year. A local deli catered a big teachers meeting a county over plus a local focus group of "all the heavy hitters" about a downtown development plan. The only reason it was caught was a whole school system was shut down because of so many sick teachers plus all the "heavy hitters in our town. (we all ate Wed. lunch...gut sick 48 hours later)....Most of us who were sick thought it was the flu thing, compared notes (AND IT WAS UGLY!) ...but never dotted the line until the health department got ahold of it.

It's ugly..the virus or baccteria comes from infected feces...and can spread from food, utinsels...door knobs...it all. I'm weighting judgement on this one. As many people are on a contained ship...I can see how this can happen innocently...on the other hand....what a great way to fear cruisers...on the other hand......we all kind of get sick now and then AND JUST REMEMBER TO WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!

Looks like a lot of foreigners may not understand the "wash your hands before returning to work" rule.

What a gross thought - almost like we don't have more sanitary facilities with sinks available.