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By Foster Klug YOKOHAMA©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Yubaru
Oh better "bored" than sick or dead!
JonathanJo
I wonder if those in inside cabins are more or less likely to catch it, compared to those with windows or balconies.
Yrral
Japan Japanese will be ban, in America, if this disease is not under control, the CDC has listed China as a hot zone
No Business
I've never understood the appeal of cruises in the first place. Who wants to be shut up for two weeks with lots of annoying, dirty people from whom you cannot escape?
Aly Rustom
Personally for me, these are not petty frustrations and inconveniences. Especially if I happen to be with 2 small children.
Disillusioned
This is quite a ridiculous situation. They have quarantined the ship, but not the passengers. They do have limited freedom, but are still able to access common areas for limited times throughout the day. It should be no surprise many new cases are being reported. Each and every of the 3,700 passengers should have been quarantined for two weeks from day one. If they had done this, the vast majority of the passengers would be home by now. Now, the outbreak is well and truly settled into the ship. Some reports even state it is in the air-conditioning and airborne. Anybody who has been on the ship for more than two weeks and test negative should be let off immediately. They should be moved to a different quarantine facility for a further two weeks and then set free. Keeping them all on the ship is just going to ensure the virus keeps spreading and they could be stuck on this ships for months or possibly years until the outbreak is contained.
Tokyo-Engr
“Honestly, it just felt like your everyday cold. Like, I feel absolutely fine now, physically,” Bianca said. “I had a bit of headache before and just a slight fever but that's about it, honestly.”
This is quite interesting. I wonder how many more cases there have been like this lady’s. If the symptoms are that mild there may be numerous cases unreported due to people thinking it’s a seasonable cold or flu. Two days ago I read an article where a man in Korea tested positive and said almost the exact same thing.
we probably have a lot more to learn about this virus
Aly Rustom
Some passengers are speaking out here. And they don't seem to be too thrilled with the situation..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-pIZmxEQm8
Aly Rustom
I should add they are quite critical of how japan's handling the situation...
1glenn
We took a cruise on that ship back in 2006, so I can perhaps imagine what it is like on board. While our experience was very good, it is understandable that they are having a hard time. My sympathies to\are with them.
While keeping the ship isolated from the population on shore is a very logical thing to do, it might not be the best way to prevent the spread of the disease among the passengers and crew. If experts determine that they could be isolated and treated better ashore, I would like to see that happen, for their sake. Perhaps the countries from which the passengers and crew came would take responsibility for them? We can all imagine what it would be like to be unable to get out of a cramped interior cabin for more than an hour a day, but imagine being cramped in a very small room with many other crew members. From what I have witnessed the crew are not mistreated, but they do not live in conditions as luxurious as the passengers.
Toshihiro
Disillusioned has very good point, a quarantine that allows people (those who are infected and those that are not yet) to access common areas is a very bad idea. I'm not a medical expert but authorities should've evacuated all the ship's passengers and crew and quarantined them in a secure facility. I've read in a separate article that if Japan had a hospital ship, this problem would've been addressed easily. In any case, this epidemic isn't only Japan's problem but the problem of humanity. Countries can charge each other for medical bills after this epidemic is over, but for now, everyone needs to pitch in and do their part to contain the virus.