[Texan4Life]

A very long 'vacation' for some.

[bgill]

How many will take the cruise line up on a free cruise if they offered?

[devane617]

May as well sink the ship once this is over. NO ONE will ever board that ship again.

[Steely Tom]

Monster opportunity for an army of cleaning and disinfecting robots. Crawling though everywhere, all the time.

You heard it here first.

[null and void]

In before bring all those poor, poor sick people here for treatment! </obama>

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[chronicles]

We were on a 19 day cruise on Princess out of Bangkok in Nov. of 2000. I got sick with a high fever for the first week but no one got alarmed. I don’t even remember seeing the ship’s doctor. My husband would get off the ship while in port and buy classic coke and bottled water. He bought many small packets of Tylenol in the cruise shop and that is what got me through it. No one else got sick that I know of, but it could have gotten bad pretty quickly because we docked at Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, and Singapore while I was ill. I was even allowed to take shore excursions when I felt up to it. By the time we docked in Perth Australia I was almost over it, just weak.

[Captain Compassion]

Plague ships.

[AndyJackson]

the MS Westerdam remains adrift in the Gulf of Thailand

"Adrift" means a vessel not at anchor, not "under command" e.g. the control of its crew, can't make way and maneuver, at the mercy of winds, tides and currents.

It doesn't mean steaming around because it cannot find a port that will open itself to the spread of contagion.

If the WHO wants to address an issue why doesn't it figure out a solution to this problem? Why doesn't the Red Cross offer to set up a mobile land based quarantine camp and provide food, shelter and medical treatment.

I am guessing there are other political agendae at play here.

BTW is Trump still an Orange insane unbalanced maniac who is threatening world peace and well-being? Just asking.

[nerdgirl]

The most important aspect of the Diamond Princess story is that 4 people are in the ICU. So keeping people on this plague ship, where the infection appears to actually be spreading as we speak... could kill some of them. Graphic I made for twitter that got more play than anything I've ever put out...

[nomorelurker]

Listened to a BBC Radio interview (several minutes long) this morning of a couple quarantined on the ship. All passengers confined to their rooms. This couple had a balcony which helped some but you still needed to get along with your roommate very well. Passengers with interior or window only cabins were allowed out to common areas one hour a day (sounds like prison), food etc. delivered by crew. This couple seemed to be trying to make the best of it with the worst being the extra unplanned disruption back home. For the record I have been on several cruises and plan on going again. Both times I was in Jamaica I came down with very bad cold, think it was the island and not the ship. I have not yet received any notice of super discounted cruises but would not be surprised if I did.

[gunsequalfreedom]

A very long 'vacation' for some.

If you have a cabin on the inside with no windows, more like tortuous confinement. They finally had to start allowing them an hour and a half of time on deck to get fresh air.

People in balcony state rooms are faring a little better.

[sanjuanbob]

I read on Fox News about an Australian couple stranded on the Yokohama cruise ship ordering wine that was delivered by drone. Making the best of a terrible situation. Hope they sprang for the good stuff.

[seawolf101]

[Joe Boucher]

Glad none of my investments involve the cruise industry.