the cdc's cruise ship inspectors have been laid off

[Anonymous]

these morons are really just trying to destroy the whole tourism industry

[Anonymous]

what could go wrong?

or in the alternative...make norovirus great again!

[Anonymous]

If they’re paid by the cruise ship they should be employed by the cruise ship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they’re paid by the cruise ship they should be employed by the cruise ship.

Any health inspector employed by the cruise ships is just going to say that there’s no outbreak at all and there never was any outbreak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they’re paid by the cruise ship they should be employed by the cruise ship.

Wow, you are just incredibly stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they’re paid by the cruise ship they should be employed by the cruise ship.

Wow, you are just incredibly stupid.

Would be perfect for DOGE

[Anonymous]

Yup. No more cruises. Gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup. No more cruises. Gross.

+1

[Anonymous]

This isn’t true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This isn’t true.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2025/04/11/no-cuts-to-poop-patrol-cruise-sanitation-program-survives-hhs-shakeup/83051232007/

Newer news on this:

[Anonymous]

This is perfect. Any moron who goes on cruises deserves the squirts.

[Anonymous]

Cruises are disgusting and Norovirus central to begin with. This really isn’t going to change anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This isn’t true.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2025/04/11/no-cuts-to-poop-patrol-cruise-sanitation-program-survives-hhs-shakeup/83051232007/

Newer news on this:

Thank you. OP is a liar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This isn’t true.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2025/04/11/no-cuts-to-poop-patrol-cruise-sanitation-program-survives-hhs-shakeup/83051232007/

Newer news on this:

Thank you. OP is a liar.

I'm OP and I'm sorry, do you think I somehow got an article written about something I just made up? Is that how you think news works?

https://www.travelandleisure.com/cdc-vessel-sanitation-program-layoff-travel-impact-11716092

The entire full-time workforce of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) has been laid off, according to a report in CBS News.

The VSP was established in 1975 to work with the cruise industry to protect travelers’ health. The program undertakes vessel inspections, responds to outbreaks like gastroenteritis, and trains the industry on best public health practices. It is wholly funded by the cruise industry. Cruise lines participate on a voluntary basis.

The news comes as the U.S. battles a new strain of norovirus and cruise lines face an upsurge in onboard outbreaks. The VSP’s website currently reports 12 outbreaks in 2025 thus far, with all but two of them norovirus. In 2024, there were 18 outbreaks.

The layoffs are part of a wider culling of employees at the CDC by Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Although the full-time employees have been cut, 12 U.S. Public Health Service officers remain.

Go on a dirty cruise if you want to. We're losing our food inspectors, too, so it's not like we can just avoid cruises to stay safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they’re paid by the cruise ship they should be employed by the cruise ship.

And this is the type of brilliant mind making decisions for America right now.