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Man, I don't care how convenient of a vacation is, but it's too damn gross. A fucking cesspool of filth and bacteria out on the water....the worst of the worst.
You couldn't pay me enough to go to Florida.
norovirus is synonymous with cruise ships, and now covid.
Serving food with shit in it is synonymous with cruise ships. Norovirus is fecal-oral route.
What, were people not buying the hantavirus one?
Non-story. Norovirus happens all the time, especially on cruise ships. This is a case of the public being highly sensitive to news stories that are relevant in the current zeitgeist. Happens all the time with airplane incidents.
The virus is usually spread by the fecal–oral route.[3] This may be through contaminated food or water or person-to-person contact. But it's still F-ing gross
Norovirus is normal, it went thru my boot camp division. Its just the normal "cruise ship flu" that always happens and sucks.
Hantavirus is not normal, especially the Andres variant that was on that other cruise ship. (Edit: it's "normal" as in it's the reason you have to wear masks and gloves when dealing with mice, because catching it is incredibly serious even tho most rodents don't have it. The version that can go from human to human, is incredibly rare, and incredibly dangerous.)
That fucker has like 40% lethality when respiratory (how it seems to be travelling human to human) and while transmission window is short, just walking withing 4 feet of someone whose not even exhibiting systems is enough to infect.
I can't remember the incubation time for sure, but I think liken4-6 weeks?
~~And you just fucking know when the Americans from that ship come back, they're not going to have to do quarantine or anything.~~ CDC has announced they don't have to quarantine
Have you even looked into it?
Or are you wanting for Lil Bobby Kennedy to put the raccoon penis down and investigate?
This isn't "nothing" and honestly it's weird more people aren't freaking out.
Hantacruises are rare, you gotta buy your tickets way in advanceand they’re kinda pricey. Norocruise is like the Southwest of the seas, you just cram in with humanity and hope you don’t die.
I've been working on cruise ships since 2004, it happens very frequently (personally I've never caught this virus) . On board ships, especially on cruise ships, there are strict protocols for this virus, because it is highly transmissible.
The thing that has always made me smile is when you go to the crew mess 🫕 near the sinks there are signs on how to wash your hands with photos, and wash your hands for at least 20 seconds.
If a crew member has symptoms of vomiting or diarrhea, the first thing to do is to isolate yourself by going to your cabin and notify the doctor . This virus is taken very seriously on board ships
I worked for NCL on the Pride of America when I was 19 and out of all the things taught in training and shit, dealing with illnesses never came up and half the crew was sick with something every day I was on the ship. 😕
Instead, I worked for a corporation for 10 years (Princess Cruise is part of this corporation), and when you join the ship, the first thing they explain to you is medical information: if you have certain symptoms, what to do. They also give us a sheet where you have to check some boxes regarding the medical information. In the first forms, it says if you have had symptoms of vomiting or diarrhea in the last 20 days.
This is my thought, this information is given, also because if a passenger should catch this virus he will have to be compensated by the company, today there are ships with over 5000 passengers plus 1000 Crew member, think if 1000 passengers catch Norovirus, or even worse the ship is stopped by the authorities for too many cases on board the company will lose billions of dollars a day