Cruise ship returns to Miami with more than 380 sick passengers

fair is fair wrote:

What a great way to spend your vacation that you've saved up for, made plans for and took off of work for.
Next time go on an Alaskan cruise. None of the germs can survive the cold.

fair is fair wrote:

What a great way to spend your vacation that you've saved up for, made plans for and took off of work for.
Next time go on an Alaskan cruise. None of the germs can survive the cold.

COASTAL resident wrote:

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Oh Yeah? Since when are YOU an epidemiologist? IT STARTED THERE, YOU INLAND IDIOT!
Norovirus: What You Need to Know
The highly contagious Norovirus strain until recently was largely limited in its plague to ships sailing Alaska in summer (in 2002 alone, passengers on Alaska-Northwest Canada-bound ships including Princess' Ocean Princess -- now P&O's Oceana, Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas and Holland America's Ryndam, were afflicted in significant numbers). But with outbreaks being reported on ships more and more often, awareness levels have been significantly raised.
Norovirus suspected in cruise ship illness
Vomiting, diarrhea afflicted 125 aboard the Celebrity boat
The Associated Press July 20, 2006
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - For the second time this summer, a wave of illness believed to be from norovirus has hit a Celebrity Cruise ship along the Alaska coastal route, health officials said.
Kevin Carlisle, a Health Canada environmental health officer, said nausea, vomiting and diarrhea afflicted 105 of the 2,282 passengers and 20 of the 952 crew members on the company's ship Infinity, which returned to Vancouver on Sunday from a seven-day Alaskan cruise.
Those who were ill responded well to treatment, according to a company statement.
Carlisle said the symptoms were consistent with norovirus, which was blamed for illness among 115 people on the Celebrity Cruise ship Mercury during a weeklong cruise between Seattle and Alaska in June.
Later in June a 37-year-old American woman complaining of severe abdominal pains was taken by a Canadian military helicopter from the Mercury, which was near the north end of Vancouver Island, to a hospital on the island. It was not clear whether that ailment was norovirus.
The short-term but uncomfortable illness is as prevalent in the general population as on cruise ships, Carlisle said. While it is not considered a serious ailment, "it is a public health issue because of the number of people impacted," he said.
After the episode in June, Celebrity Cruises blamed an increased in norovirus cases on land for the increase on their ships. The company instituted a new illness prevention program focusing on increased sanitation, enhanced cleaning procedures and special cleaning of "high touch" areas.
The company also added two additional doctors to Mercury's crew, bringing the total number of doctors on the ship to four, along with three nurses.
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whales and walrus wrote:

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Thats a good idea, at least in theory. They also have some antartic cruises that some people might enjoy taking. Go visit Norway, I'm usre a travel agent can get people great deals if the demand arises.

whales and walrus wrote:

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Thats a good idea, at least in theory. They also have some antartic cruises that some people might enjoy taking. Go visit Norway, I'm usre a travel agent can get people great deals if the demand arises.

fair is fair wrote:

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Wow, you are really vile.

WhoDidIt wrote:

Wonder if they have any WASP only cruises?

WhoDidIt wrote:

Wonder if they have any WASP only cruises?