OMG-4 passengers just died on a Holland America cruise ship headed for Florida

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Anonymous wrote:More than 100 passengers have symptoms, along with more than 80 crew members.

This information was just broadcast on MSNBC. They interviewed two passengers on the ship who said they went on the cruise because Florida's governor said "people should go on with their lives" and President Trump said, "This will be over soon" (paraphrasing the interview content).

Read the article! The cruise began in Argentina and was supposed to end in Chile-it had nothing to do with Florida, the governor or the President!

Most of the people on the ship are from the United States.
“My parents only went because it wasn’t canceled,” said Marion. “It was also one of those things where you think ‘I’ve saved up so long for this, and the governments are telling me its ok to travel, so I guess I’ll get on the boat’.”

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241559956.html#storylink=cpy

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Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. On March 7th, we were all still going about our lives. No way they could have known what this would become.

No. My kids last went to school on March 6. It was so apparent things were going to get bad that we did not send them the next week. The only way you could think getting on a cruise was ok is if you were not paying attention or have no clue how to assess risk.

I saw the hysteria mounting and really had expected it to die down based on the actual numbers. That did not happen, though.

Regardless, we were never in danger of not getting back into the country. Our biggest danger was perhaps having one of the ports closed but that did not seem likely. Worst case scenario was that we would not be able to port and spend more days at sea than planned.

We sailed from a low risk area to another low risk area and back again.

You got lucky. It was stupid what you did.

No it wasn't. You are just a poor judge of real risk.

oh ffs. on March 8 the state dept warned americans not to take cruises. it was not a surprise. you were stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:More than 100 passengers have symptoms, along with more than 80 crew members.

This information was just broadcast on MSNBC. They interviewed two passengers on the ship who said they went on the cruise because Florida's governor said "people should go on with their lives" and President Trump said, "This will be over soon" (paraphrasing the interview content).

Read the article! The cruise began in Argentina and was supposed to end in Chile-it had nothing to do with Florida, the governor or the President!

Most of the people on the ship are from the United States.
“My parents only went because it wasn’t canceled,” said Marion. “It was also one of those things where you think ‘I’ve saved up so long for this, and the governments are telling me its ok to travel, so I guess I’ll get on the boat’.”

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241559956.html#storylink=cpy

Who are all these people willing to give interviews that make them sound idiotic?

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How many people do you lose on a normal cruise? 30? 40?

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Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. On March 7th, we were all still going about our lives. No way they could have known what this would become.

Exactly. How fast people forget.

We had already cancelled all travel and had our 65k employees across the US preparing to go remote for the foreseeable future. All international travel had been cancelled by the last week in February. What kind of a rock were you living under that all was ok March 7th? It was abundantly clear by that point that going on a cruise would be completely idiotic. "No way they could have known??!" WTF.

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Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. On March 7th, we were all still going about our lives. No way they could have known what this would become.

No. My kids last went to school on March 6. It was so apparent things were going to get bad that we did not send them the next week. The only way you could think getting on a cruise was ok is if you were not paying attention or have no clue how to assess risk.

I saw the hysteria mounting and really had expected it to die down based on the actual numbers. That did not happen, though.

Regardless, we were never in danger of not getting back into the country. Our biggest danger was perhaps having one of the ports closed but that did not seem likely. Worst case scenario was that we would not be able to port and spend more days at sea than planned.

We sailed from a low risk area to another low risk area and back again.

You got lucky. It was stupid what you did.

No it wasn't. You are just a poor judge of real risk.

oh ffs. on March 8 the state dept warned americans not to take cruises. it was not a surprise. you were stupid.

Wow. Since my cruise departed on March 7th maybe the prudent thing to do would have been to jump off the ship and swim back the minute they issued that warning?

I don't know what you want me to say. I am very glad that I got to go on that cruise. School was still open that week. It all went off without a hitch. I'd say that the timing worked out well for us not so great for the passengers on the next cruise though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please report average age and all pre-existing conditions, so that we can keep it in context. Thank you.

This has got to be the most insensitive thing I have ever read.

Eff you. I hope you choke on a chicken bone tonight -- you are human trash.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. On March 7th, we were all still going about our lives. No way they could have known what this would become.

Exactly. How fast people forget.

We had already cancelled all travel and had our 65k employees across the US preparing to go remote for the foreseeable future. All international travel had been cancelled by the last week in February. What kind of a rock were you living under that all was ok March 7th? It was abundantly clear by that point that going on a cruise would be completely idiotic. "No way they could have known??!" WTF.

This.

In fact, ironically, I remember having a conversation with a friend on March 6 who was supposed to go on a cruise out of FL the following week. Their exact words, "With everything going on now, there's no way. We're going for a beach weekend instead."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. On March 7th, we were all still going about our lives. No way they could have known what this would become.

Exactly. How fast people forget.

We had already cancelled all travel and had our 65k employees across the US preparing to go remote for the foreseeable future. All international travel had been cancelled by the last week in February. What kind of a rock were you living under that all was ok March 7th? It was abundantly clear by that point that going on a cruise would be completely idiotic. "No way they could have known??!" WTF.

They sailed from Argentina. Maybe take that up with leaders of Argentina.

Cruises that originated in the U.S. all got back to the U.S.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More than 100 passengers have symptoms, along with more than 80 crew members.

This information was just broadcast on MSNBC. They interviewed two passengers on the ship who said they went on the cruise because Florida's governor said "people should go on with their lives" and President Trump said, "This will be over soon" (paraphrasing the interview content).

Tell me why we are bailing out the cruise industry again?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. On March 7th, we were all still going about our lives. No way they could have known what this would become.

Exactly. How fast people forget.

We had already cancelled all travel and had our 65k employees across the US preparing to go remote for the foreseeable future. All international travel had been cancelled by the last week in February. What kind of a rock were you living under that all was ok March 7th? It was abundantly clear by that point that going on a cruise would be completely idiotic. "No way they could have known??!" WTF.

This.

In fact, ironically, I remember having a conversation with a friend on March 6 who was supposed to go on a cruise out of FL the following week. Their exact words, "With everything going on now, there's no way. We're going for a beach weekend instead."

And if they had just gone on their beach weekend a week or so later the beaches, restaurants and bars would have been shut down. Hopefully they enjoyed the spring break crowds!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:More than 100 passengers have symptoms, along with more than 80 crew members.

This information was just broadcast on MSNBC. They interviewed two passengers on the ship who said they went on the cruise because Florida's governor said "people should go on with their lives" and President Trump said, "This will be over soon" (paraphrasing the interview content).

Tell me why we are bailing out the cruise industry again?

This.Has.Nothing.To.Do.With.The.United States.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:More than 100 passengers have symptoms, along with more than 80 crew members.

This information was just broadcast on MSNBC. They interviewed two passengers on the ship who said they went on the cruise because Florida's governor said "people should go on with their lives" and President Trump said, "This will be over soon" (paraphrasing the interview content).

Read the article! The cruise began in Argentina and was supposed to end in Chile-it had nothing to do with Florida, the governor or the President!

Idiot, that information came from a reporter WHO INTERVIEWED SOMEONE CURRENTLY ON THE BOAT. The passenger said that she based her decision to go on the cruise on what she heard from those two politicians.

And the boat IS headed to Florida (though they may not be allowed to dock).

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-florida-coronavirus-deputies-infections-20200327-dhqwj7obzfbjldo7roewdd35h4-story.html

Can you refrain from posting information online when you are DEAD WRONG

Oh, wait, you are a Trump follower, so that is what you people specialize in: spreading misinformation.

READ THE ARTICLE, STUPID! Everything coronavirus related is not related to Florida! Your bias is showing, I get it, you don't like Fl's governor because he is Republican.

I'm not affiliated with either party, but it's not the governor's fault if people went on cruises in other countries, or lick toilet seats or have beers with the neighbors. Sheesh.

I realize we've completely normalized the deranged absurdity of Trump, but once upon a time in America, people trusted what the president and governors told them. Older people are more likely to have this blind faith. So, yeah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. On March 7th, we were all still going about our lives. No way they could have known what this would become.

You are a ridiculous dumbass.


Feb. 4: Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama, Japan. Over 2,600 guests and over 1,000 crew. Within two days, over 40 people test positive for COVID-19, including eight Americans.

How does anyone get on a cruise ship a month later?

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Anonymous wrote: I don't the the president could order anything for a cruise that began and was supposed to end, in another country.

He could have said “don’t go on a cruise”, but he said “this will all be over soon”.

Lol. You are really reaching.

I went on a March 7th cruise to the western Caribbean and it was absolutely wonderful, everyone on the ship was having a fun time, I am so glad that we were able to go before the cruise ships were stopped. I can honestly say that I am glad I went on that cruise as opposed to going to NYC...which we had talked about doing.

How does it make you feel to read that everyone on this thread would have no sympathy if you were dying now because you did that.

This pandemic is bringing the lord of the flies types in our culture

They knowingly and deliberately put the rest of us at risk just to have some FUN. Absolutely no other reason except to have a bit of fun. So yeah, I have no sympathy.

But if I had gone to a real high risk area (NYC) you would have sympathy for me? Make some sense.

If you had gone to a crowded wedding in NYC that week, we would also say you are stupid.

Name a place in NYC that isn't crowded on a normal day. There are 8.6 million people in that city. Yet, travel was not BANNED that weekend and no one who did go to NYC that week thought for a second that they would be unable to get back home.

Bottom line is, a Coronavirus quarantine could have happened anywhere at anytime to anyone. You are just hyper focused on cruise ships. It could just as easily have been your office building or your kid's school.