[frog in a pot]

The fact that the illness was short lived and treated with antibiotics is evidence that it wasn't a virus.....

...a spokesman for Royal Caribbean told CNN in a statement... Those affected by the short-lived illness were treated by our ship’s doctors with over-the-counter medication...

????

[mewzilla]

If they were prescribing an OTC anti-diarrheal...maybe a medical FReeper could weigh in because it’s my understanding that those can prolong the infection, and that dehydration is the biggest concern with noro.