Cruise ship hit by illness

papa_smurf · 04-23-10, 03:50 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...de/8638398.stm
Yet another cruise ship has been hit by the Norro virus (aka winter vomiting bug). Will these cruise line companies ever learn, and screen passengers for sign of illness? As once any infection is aboard a ship, it spreads like wildfire.... (que the puns)

04-23-10, 04:30 AM

How odd that, that only seems to happen on Cruise Liners.

Jimbuna · 04-23-10, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Snestorm

How odd that, that only seems to happen on Cruise Liners.

Lots of people mingling in what is really to all intents and purposes a 'confined space'....unlike cargo vessels with smaller numbers of bodies aboard and an increased early awareness if someone is looking off colour.

bookworm_020 · 04-23-10, 07:35 PM

An outbreak happened here in Australia a couple of years ago on a cruise ship. They closed the dinning room, isolated passengers and did everything possible to redue the impact, but it wiped out two cruises, and that was even trying to sterlize the ship between cruises!

Jimbuna · 04-24-10, 07:07 AM

How many died from starvation?

SteamWake · 04-24-10, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Lots of people mingling in what is really to all intents and purposes a 'confined space'....unlike cargo vessels with smaller numbers of bodies aboard and an increased early awareness if someone is looking off colour.

As opposed to I dont know.. an airliner?

I have asked the same question about the cruise ship. There was one ship that was scrubbed stem to stern with disinfactants went out and everyone got sick again. So they returned scrubbed it down stem to stern with even more aggressive disinfectants went out and everyone got sick again.

The port authority took away their ticket its still unknown what the source was.

Jimbuna · 04-24-10, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

As opposed to I dont know.. an airliner?

I have asked the same question about the cruise ship. There was one ship that was scrubbed stem to stern with disinfactants went out and everyone got sick again. So they returned scrubbed it down stem to stern with even more aggressive disinfectants went out and everyone got sick again.

The port authority took away their ticket its still unknown what the source was.

I can only guess it has something to do with the fact they are mingling for a much longer period of time than on, as you pointed out "an airliner".

04-23-10, 03:50 AM	#1
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Cruise ship hit by illness http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...de/8638398.stm Yet another cruise ship has been hit by the Norro virus (aka winter vomiting bug). Will these cruise line companies ever learn, and screen passengers for sign of illness? As once any infection is aboard a ship, it spreads like wildfire.... (que the puns) __________________

04-23-10, 07:35 PM	#4
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	An outbreak happened here in Australia a couple of years ago on a cruise ship. They closed the dinning room, isolated passengers and did everything possible to redue the impact, but it wiped out two cruises, and that was even trying to sterlize the ship between cruises! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

04-24-10, 07:07 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,520 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	How many died from starvation? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-23-10, 04:30 AM	#2
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	How odd that, that only seems to happen on Cruise Liners.