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Old Apr 1, 2020, 12:08 pm
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radonc1
 
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Originally Posted by Need
The ship knew that woman has respiratory illness (can't confirm for covid-19 because the lack of test kit) for days and also a few of the crew members have it. They just didn't tell anyone about it until the passengers got off. They only sent out emails to inform the passengers a day later.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/healthy a/coronavirus/patient-on-celebrity-eclipse-cruise-ship-tests-positive-for-covid-19-san-diego/509-f0d5eda7-dfd2-483f-a2f2-cee8b92d5b13
This is what makes it even more difficult to book passage!

How many people in a town of 3000 will have sniffles, cough, or even a sore throat? Even in a healthy population, a certain percentage of people have one, two or all 3, because we have colds and allergies. Some may even have mild flu.

But now, they are all suspects for Covid-19. And without testing for the same, we just don't know.

In the past, cruise ships off-loaded ill patients for many reasons. It didn't stop the cruise.

Now, off-load a patient and you have to wait for confirmation that he/she isn;'t infected or you shut down the cruise altogether. That isn't a business model that I would want to operate under.
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