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Old Jun 14, 2020 | 4:42 am
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Badenoch
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Originally Posted by radonc1
It's not just being packed on a ship with thousands of other people, but the fact that at this time, if someone comes down with Covid, there is no international agreement on how to deal with the ill passenger and the remainder of the ships complement in regards to docking and transfer of the patient to the hospital.
Until that is figured out, I am not getting on a cruise ship either.
The absence of an international agreement on how to deal with an ill passenger shouldn't be an issue when the ship is sailing within the borders of a specific nation and carrying only passengers who are citizens or permanent residents in that nation.
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