Noro almost took my husband out last year, it was heartbreaking to watch the genuine full body pain and discomfort.
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aka_linskey2 days ago
+39
I never had it until this year where I had it in back to back weekends since I apparently reinfected myself. It was miserable.
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SPKmnd902 days ago
+17
How could you reinfect yourself? Wouldn't it have to be a different strain?
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girlikecupcake2 days ago
+25
Not necessarily. Some really unlucky people don't get the short term immunity to the specific strain they just had, or it mutates enough for their body to treat it as a new infection (noro mutates *really* quickly).
At least according to the pediatrician when our family got what was most likely noro last year.
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Tonedeafmusical2 days ago
+974
I know I shouldn't say this but I preferred having corona to norovirus (I had them quite close together mid 2022-joys of retail work). Now admittedly corona was just a bad cold for me but I HATE vomit and norovirus is the worse for it
974
crimson1172 days ago
+532
The bad part of coronavirus is the potential for long lasting effects. Like exhaustion, lingering cough, for months. At least noro you get it out of your system.
532
The_bruce422 days ago
+513
When you get norovirus, you get everything out of your system.
513
JayGatsby18812 days ago
+165
Think about it as a free full body cleanse...
165
MostCredibleDude2 days ago
+76
MLMs and fake supplement peddlers hate this one trick!
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aka_linskey2 days ago
+61
I did drop like 10 lbs. in two weekends of having it.
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Melkman682 days ago
+21
That sounds really intense. Sorry 😞
21
snouz2 days ago
+28
You're excused, but don't do it again.
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noherethere2 days ago
+8
I worded on ships for 11 years and my first contract my neighbor got the noro...when he emerged from his cabin a week later, i didnt recognise him he was so skinny.
8
howmuchitcosts2 days ago
+32
Conveniently out of both ends.
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Squalphin2 days ago
+35
I always thought people where exaggerating until I got it myself.
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52BeesInACoat2 days ago
+34
On the toilet with trash can between the knees. And I'd eaten cotton candy froyo and it came up still bright blue and with the cotton candy smell.
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CooperHChurch4272 days ago
+10
Can confirm. When I had it two years ago, I was on the toilet and vomiting into the bathtub. Lost almost 20 pounds. My doctor almost came to my house to administer IV fluids. Thankfully I just drank a gallon of water a day later and took in some liquid IV.
10
Rhissanna2 days ago
+7
I think that's enough internet for today.
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twirlerina0242 days ago
+13
At some point in the course of a gastrointestinal illness, you start making decisions about food based on how it will be to puke back up. Popsicles are great for this, not the "whole fruit" kind, the junky kind that's basically sugar water with flavoring.
The flavoring comes pretty close to overpowering the puke taste, and sometimes it's even cool still when it comes back up so it's not so irritating to your throat. Also I like that popsicles are a form of hydration, but since it takes some time to eat the whole thing, your stomach is less likely to be triggered than if you drank a glass of water.
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JWE252 days ago
+5
Yeah literally anything you drink or eat would come right back out that same hour. I was throwing up soup all day lmao
5
The_bruce422 days ago
+15
It's more efficient to use both ends
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howmuchitcosts2 days ago
+6
Thats what she said.
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occams1razor2 days ago
+9
You can also reinfect yourself if you don't clean your entire apartment thoroughly. Fun!
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Choa7072 days ago
+8
There was a natural disaster in my area that cause people to have to stay at a church because they had no home to go back to. Norovirus got in and it was so bad that the whole church needed new carpet. Too many people, not enough bathrooms.
8
chinto302 days ago
+6
I had it over Christmas one year, in a week I lost 8lbs from the continuous vomiting and shitting. I felt like death would have been a blessing at some points. I hope to never, ever, experience it again.
6
ManateeNipples2 days ago
+54
I have MCAS after covid. No idea if it was directly related but I have to assume. My body now has random "allergic reactions" to common things I'm not actually allergic to, even stress or temp changes or being startled too much can set it off. I can't leave my house without a little p******* in my purse, it's insane.
When I had norovirus I puked and shit a ton and then I was fine. I wish I just had that again and never got covid :(
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bdsmmaster0072 days ago
+7
What do you take against your allergic reactions? I have the same, currently taking just some normal antiallergic meds.
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ManateeNipples2 days ago
+10
Cromolyn sodium (brand new for me so we'll see), that should help prevent some of the stuff instead of treating symptoms. I also have to use high dose estrogen injections while avoiding progesterone, which meant I had to have a hysterectomy 2 months ago. Hormonal swings are my biggest trigger it seems so just trying to keep that whole system stable. And then Zyrtec and famotidine daily, all my rescue meds (zofran, sumatriptan, baclofen, beta blockers, etc), and EpiPen on standby just in case of random anaphylaxis over nothing 🙄
Sorry you're dealing with this too, I hope you work it out, it's awful!
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liberal_parnell2 days ago
+7
I'm right there with you, and sorry you're going through it. I've ended up in an ambulance with BP in the 55/30 range twice in the past 3 years. The doctors all thought it was septic shock, but it was anaphylaxis. MCAS is crazy, but I'm happy to have an answer. The episode I had in December was triggered by exposure to cold temperatures and touching a Christmas tree. I also have a p******* in my purse, along with my EpiPens. I hope things get more stable for you.
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Mister_Brevity2 days ago
+50
2 years so far for me, brain fog, memory issues, persistent cough and always tired. :/
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ThruntCuster2 days ago
+24
4 years and counting with long covid :D. Had a reinfection a few months ago that set me back like a year as well
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SillyBillyCrazyDazy2 days ago
+13
A little over a year for me. If I'm not at work I'm home in bed because I'm always tired. Haven't been to the gym sine then either. I used to go 4-5 times a week.
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simpleglitch2 days ago
+20
Sounds stupid and trivial, but the loss of taste / smell scares me the most out of Covid. last time I got it I lost it for 2 weeks, and eating was just a horrible experience. So many textures that without flavor are just kinda sickening.
and it's really stupid to be worried about it; so many covid outcomes can be worse. But, I love preparing food, trying new foods, etc and those 2 weeks were f****** bleak.
20
crimson1172 days ago
+9
Not stupid; taste/smell implies it's messing with your brain function.
9
laurifex2 days ago
+4
My mom had loss of taste (and taste alterations) and she said it was the worst part because it lasted the longest. I believe it was a couple of months everything either had no taste, tasted bland, or tasted horribly (she said coffee was metallic), and she lost a lot of weight because eating *anything* was a chore. On top of that, she started to worry her sense of taste would never return to normal.
Fortunately everything went back to the way it was, but it took a while. She found the constant fatigue mentally exhausting and frustrating to deal with, but the only time she cried was talking about how nothing tasted at all, or nothing tasted right, anymore and she was afraid that would be her life now.
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DMYourFeetPicsTy2 days ago
+8
Not to mention losing your sense of smell and taste.
I legit lost mine for like 1.5 years, and when it came back a bunch of things tasted like pure chemicals like coca cola and chocolate for example. Took me an additional 2 years for that shit to go away, now i'm fine, but some things still smells weird(taste is normal tho)
8
Uysee2 days ago
+4
Norovirus can also case long term issues. And the flu is also well known to cause long lasting effects in a significant minority of people
4
oxero2 days ago
+54
I recently had symptoms of the norovirus sometime ago and I straight up thought I was going to die from dehydration. I had to go to the ER for coronavirus, and somehow norovirus was still worse feeling.
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jon_sneu2 days ago
+31
That feeling of not being able to drink enough water to not be dehydrated was the worst
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Lumpy_Space_Princess2 days ago
+15
Eating ice chips was the only thing that helped me. For some reason my body didn't freak out about that in the way that it did when I tried drinking regular water
15
GardenPeep2 days ago
+7
Always carry rehydration salts when traveling...
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Pugilist122 days ago
+29
Same. Covid sucked and made me tired but norovirus was like nothing I’d experienced before. Shitting or throwing up every drop of water I’d try to ingest for 24 hours or so. Brutal. I prayed for the sweet release of death.
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zatalak2 days ago
+10
Crying, drinking, puking, repeat. Felt like Sisyphos.
10
BaaBaaTurtle2 days ago
+17
Or you could be me and have GI issues and vomiting with COVID.
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girlikecupcake2 days ago
+7
Yep, I currently have covid (positive home test), thankfully a mild strain, nearly every symptom is GI.
Last time it was severe joint pain, fatigue, fever, and a runny nose. So I'll still take the GI symptoms, but it's like my system sees something wrong and decides to purge. Even if it's supposed to be a respiratory virus lol
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zadtheinhaler2 days ago
+5
> severe joint pain
In another comment where I mentioned my brain-fog, I hadn't mentioned that the precursor to COVID truly making its presence known was that it felt like every joint and all connective tissue was covered in 80 grit sandpaper.
A truly miserable experience.
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altviewdelete2 days ago
+7
Norovirus almost killed me, COVID was feeling tired for a week (off work).
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fondledbydolphins2 days ago
+12
Funny, I totally forgot that COVID is called corona virus.
**CO**rona**VI**rus **D**isease of 20**19**
Associations are weird.
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jon_sneu2 days ago
+6
Same thing happened to me except in early 23 while in Belfast. Got norovirus while on a work trip, and managed to pull myself out of my hotel room and got on a plane to get home while still feeling really rough. The day after I got home, norovirus went away and boom covid. Norovirus was 10 times worse for me
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MoonsterGoopter2 days ago
+7
my wife had to get an IV infusion because she was truly helpless. couldn't keep anything in and had near-constant diarrhea. covid sucked but norovirus was horrific.
7
pancakefishy2 days ago
+5
When I had noro a few weeks after covid in 2022, I was wishing for covid too
5
standupstrawberry2 days ago
+7
For me they're about equal. I only time caught covid was during cancer treatment last year and it f****** floored me (probably wouldn't be as bad now tbh). But norovirus? The vomiting and diarrhea? That's also really terrible (I too hate vomit, my partner is one of those who can vomit and carry on like nothing happened) and I don't need to be unwell already for that to be *really* bad.
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purdue_fan2 days ago
+14
I had it last year, no cruise but I have young kids. My body was expelling liquids for 3 days. I lost 10 lbs.
14
Obi_Wan_Benobi2 days ago
+27
It was so bad. Throw up, diarrhea, throw up some more, butt piss. Rinse, repeat.
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mambotomato2 days ago
+16
Really wish we had a long-lasting vaccine for noro. It's such a misery.
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aka_linskey2 days ago
+9
Agreed. I’d get it in a heartbeat.
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fc_dean2 days ago
+7904
Those cruises are a literal bacteria / virus breeding ground, aren't they.
7904
Indercarnive2 days ago
+2606
Ships have always been
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ManBearHybrid2 days ago
+1477
Yeah. The media is obviously just jumping on the "plague boat" bandwagon.
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mendenlol2 days ago
+258
I'm surprised they're not finding a way to tie Spirit airlines or Boeing into this
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junaidnk2 days ago
+84
Or Ocon
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WalkWithShadows2 days ago
+76
10-minute penalty to Ocon.
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xxEmkay2 days ago
+22
10 point deduction for everton.
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Spirited-Tomorrow-842 days ago
+22
The media is jumping on many bandwagons these past centuries
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boomboomdaboomer2 days ago
+12
It needs a better title.
Like, “Love Boat catches Rogue Wave”.
That’d sell some newspapers.
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Archduke_Of_Beer2 days ago
+63
The PLAGUE BOOOOOAAT!! Soon will be making another run!!
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3Machines2 days ago
+45
The plague boooooat....promises vomit for everyone 🎶
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National-Charity-4352 days ago
+6
Our cabins are perfectly walled so you can't hear the violent diarrhea of your neighbors :)
6
peon22 days ago
+116
It always happens like this. Just like with the train derailment in Ohio, for the next few weeks they write a news story about every one despite there being about 7 a day on average. It happened with plane crashes despite there being about 1,000 a year.
Like less than 1% of cruises have a disease outbreak, but there's enough of them that it happens basically every week. It usually doesn't matter because it's just people throwing up but when the news gets a 'flavor of the month' disaster they love to latch on to it.
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cespinar2 days ago
+62
>It happened with plane crashes despite there being about 1,000 a year.
Bit disingenuous. Almost 99.99% of those crashes are not on commercial airliners, and most are very very small planes. The crash rate for unprofessional pilots in small aircraft is about on par with motocycles. So comparing that to cruise ships rather than all boats is bit odd.
When a commercial airliner crashes, it is big news because it is very rare.
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Dragrunarm2 days ago
+26
Yes, but then there is always a rush of articles afterwards about a lot of smaller crashes or mechanical issues on a large plane that arent nothing but not nearly as severe as the headlines make them seem.
Hearing about a major crash is always 100% fair, but I don't need a month afterwards knowing every minor mechanical issue every plane experiences.
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WolverinesThyroid2 days ago
+10
plus when an outbreak happens on a ship 100-200 people are getting sick of 4,000+
10
FluxD12 days ago
+188
Classic example of this was the [Great Plague of Marseille](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_Marseille)
TLDR: Marseille's authority sided with the merchants and not public health, allowing a plagued ship to make port. This decision ultimately led to over half of the population of the city and surrounding countryside dying.
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Arickettsf162 days ago
+48
Fascinating article. Despite all the measures the city had implemented for 140 years to prevent the spread of plague into the city, one shortsighted decision was all it took to completely undermine that. And all because they wanted to get the silk and cotton off the ship in time for a fair 100km away.
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Barbarake2 days ago
+68
Interesting article. One paragraph caught my eye.
*"Out of 1,200 volunteers and prisoners deployed to fight the plague, only three survived. Roze himself caught the disease, but survived, although chances of survival without modern medicine are between 20 and 40%."*
Even at the low end (20% survival without modern medicine), you would expect way more than three to survive.
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Pristine_Club_31282 days ago
+41
A lot of them were prisoners. Probably in bad shape already
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Argos_the_Dog2 days ago
+19
Yeah, underfed and overworked.
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wtfElvis2 days ago
+12
Could it be that they were a mix between prisoners? I live in Alabama and even today they treat prisoners like they arent even human. its disgusting.
12
PM-me-youre-PMs2 days ago
+18
May the gratitude of the shareholders keeps them warm in the afterlife.
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TennaTelwan2 days ago
+4
I am sure they will remain nice and roasty, toasty warm!
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KiplingRudy2 days ago
+4
Traveling Europe I was surprised to see how many coastal cities on the Med, Aegean, and Adriatic, had quarantine "lazzarettos" on islands or on the edge of town.
4
raven11212 days ago
+98
Nothing will make you lose faith in society faster than to stand at the entrance to a Royal Carribean Cruise Buffett and watch full grown adults activity avoid or confront and berate a crew member whose sole job is to ask passengers to sanitize their hands with the free hand sanitizer they are holding before entering a buffet that feeds 5,700 people
98
GnomeNot2 days ago
+30
I was on a RC cruise \~10 years ago, no one got into to the dining area without sanitizer. There were usually 3-4 staff working the entrance with big bottles of sanitizer. No outbreaks on that cruise. We did however have a couple have their alcohol privileges revoked (without refund) for getting too drunk and causing a scene. And an older couple got kicked off for smoking weed in their room (an interior cabin, so no window or balcony.)
30
shyguysam2 days ago
+42
Same, 3 years ago on Wonder, one little Filipino woman saying "washy washy before happy happy !" And 2 security guys that looked like Bolo Yeung from Bloodsport. One guy ( American, go figure) decided he wasn't going to wash his hands, walked past the lady and grabbed a muffin from the 1st table. They had him grabbed by both arms before he had time to take a bite and was escorting him out ( much to his angst ). They then tore down the entire bread and pastry table, sanitized it, and replaced with new breads and pastries.
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raven11212 days ago
+16
I wish they would add that security cam footage to the embarkation day video right after the life vest , life raft usage video they play on loop.
16
Due_Warthog7252 days ago
+10
ships are clean its the people who are dirty fucks
10
Itchy_Award18562 days ago
+25
As a sailor who has contracted the shits and pukes 3 times, I agree.
25
Own-Ambassador-35372 days ago
+18
Thank you for your service?
18
Jumpy-Coffee-Cat2 days ago
+266
Yes and no, the difference is cruise ships have strict reporting requirements that public transit, hotels, resorts etc don’t. It’s really no different than any highly concentrated public space.
Norovirus is incredibly common, there was an outbreak at my neighborhood pool once.
Regular Hand sanitizer doesn’t kill it and it lives on surfaces for a long time. Combine that with people’s terrible hygiene and boom it spreads.
Wash your hands regularly, don’t stick your fingers in your mouth and you’ll be fine.
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PaulClarkLoadletter2 days ago
+131
You can draw a straight line from most of these ailments to poor hygiene. You have dirt bags that don’t wash their hands and even bigger dirt bags that won’t even wipe their ass for the stupidest reasons.
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Jumpy-Coffee-Cat2 days ago
+63
Yup! Ever since returning to an office (just to telework from a cube) it’s crazy how much I’ve noticed peoples poor hygiene. Watching people walk straight out of a stall, past the soap and sinks, past the wall mounted hand sanitizer and directly out the door without using any of it is just gross.
Now imagine that scenario and headed straight to the buffet.
63
sleepymoose882 days ago
+21
It’s so gross. I don’t even work in the office but the 1-2x a year I do, I see this at least once. People need to wash their nasty ass hands. I’ve told my son to never open the door with his bare hand, always grab a paper towel or use a foot kick/grab.
21
obeytheturtles2 days ago
+12
These people also don't realize they smell like literal shit.
12
wtfElvis2 days ago
+9
Yeah, its wild how gross people are.
9
doorstopnoodles2 days ago
+35
Also, with cruise lines you are typically still on board when you get symptomatic with whatever you've caught. On a plane you get ill days after you get off and no one is any the wiser.
I've done something like 20 cruises. I've had norovirus once on a cruise. But I've also caught it from my child twice. She got it at day care. No one says don't send your kids to day care because they're giant petri dishes even though small children are notoriously gross.
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Automatedluxury2 days ago
+14
If schools had the reporting protocols that cruise ships do or even the standards of the average office, society would shut down overnight.
I fully expect the next evolution of human beings to facilitated by the immune systems of teachers.
14
No-Stage-45832 days ago
+77
You know whats f****** wild? I blame hand sanitizer's PR.
It claims to kill 99.9% of all bacteria but causally leaves out that it WILL NOT KILL NOROVIRUS. Hand sanitizer does not kill noro, and will not kill noro.
The only satisfactory way to deal with noro is to WASH YOUR F****** HANDS. Cruise ships often do not have adequate hand washing stations around and rely on what hand sanitizer companies to tell them whats real.
Heres a study entitled "hand sanitizers may increase Norovirus risk" to break the ice on your way to learning about noro
[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3168661/](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3168661/)
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Sweetwill622 days ago
+9
Couple of questions no hate promise. 1. Are you aware of the differences between bacteria and viruses? 2. What do you think the hand sanitizer companies should be doing differently? 3. Why blame them instead of the cruise ships for not having enough hand washing stations?
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Significant-Self59072 days ago
+343
And that is why I will never be a on a cruise ship.
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Alpine_Exchange_362 days ago
+49
Don’t forget the one cruise that got stuck in the Gulf of Mexico and lost power and plumbing for four days….
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NomNom83WasTaken2 days ago
+26
Is the the Poop Cruise from the Netflix doc? Or another one?
26
Techwood1112 days ago
+10
Yep, what a great watch.
10
Significant-Self59072 days ago
+6
The horror. The horror.
6
Flimsy_Category_93692 days ago
+47
Being trapped on a boat with that many people is my personal version of hell
47
Gardakkan2 days ago
+152
That and all the pollution and waste they produce.
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TicklishViking2 days ago
+19
I have a coworker in their 60s that goes on cruises multiple times a year and is always out sick for 2 weeks afterwards. I worry that one of these days he won't come back.
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Alpine_Exchange_362 days ago
+16
Get a bunch of people with nowhere to go eating buffets and….ya. Cruises are also notorious for norovirus as well
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Oradi2 days ago
+17
I went on a metal cruise this past year and the washy washy guy was basically treated as a deity. Everyone loved that guy.
One of the bands on the pool deck stage even sang a cover of zombies by the cranberries but changed the lyrics to [Wash Your Hands](https://youtu.be/uY2KnulpqEQ)
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peeparonipupza2 days ago
+3
We love our washy washy girl.too!!! Such sweethearts
3
Call555JackChop2 days ago
+689
It’s because nasty ass people don’t wash their hands anymore, you know how many dudes I watch just walk outta bathroom stalls and right out the door
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logicalnutty2 days ago
+203
One time I was out of soap after taking a shit and basically treated my hands like they were poison, ran to the kitchen to use dish soap
Idk how people do it
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Majestic-Sandwich6952 days ago
+77
Well, they’re gross, that’s why. Treating it as poison is a good idea because fecal matter is full of all the stuff your body doesn’t want
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Try_To_Write2 days ago
+37
I walked into a McD's bathroom last week, where a father had just finished using the bathroom and was now waiting for his son (maybe 6ish) to come out of the stall. When he did, they just left without washing any hands. I then saw them at a table receiving their food. Public bathroom residue all over their hands and ready to eat handheld foods.
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poppin-n-sailin2 days ago
+22
That has always been an issue. cruise ships, and ships in general, are tight quarters. everytging spreads much faster and easier. even if everyone was washing their hands it would still be easy for something to spread on a ship.
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Karmas_burning1 day ago
+10
I clean restrooms for work. I change the soap in the women's room 3-4 times before I change the men's room soap.
10
-Mantis_Toboggan-2 days ago
+15
I once saw a guy go straight from the urinal to the hand dryer, it was the most disgusting thing I've seen!
15
Aromatic_Command84412 days ago
+4
It's true. It's something I always pay attention to because it's so surreal. I can comfortably say that of 100 people, 5 actually properly wash with soap and 15 just put their hands in water for a second; the other 80 don't even bother.
Those same people then go out and touch the same door handles, elevator buttons, etc. with their unwashed bathroom bacteria covered hands.
Also, seeing how gross that is, it just takes one nasty person to wipe wrong and get shit on their hand and now everyone else will be touching that same door handle, etc.
4
damian202 days ago
+1361
I wonder if Disney is flooding the news outlets with these breakouts because I have yet see anything about the 27 cruise workers on a Disney cruise caught with CP
1361
Noppers2 days ago
+764
Holy shit, you weren’t kidding..
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigation-cruise-ship-workers-disney-engaged-child-p**********-rcna344648
764
systemhost2 days ago
+158
Very odd. It also mentions 27 individuals but then states a total of 28 individuals which is strange.
I wonder if a video of a passenger was shared among them instead of the vast conspiracy of exploitation the article paints it to be.
Either way, that's pretty shocking that there were so many crew members involved in such a scandal. I suppose it could also have resulted from a new policy/capability for internet usage monitoring of crew communications.
Given there seems to be no reports of US citizens involved, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get more details. The cover up is in motion, they'll deport/ban those involved and leave it to their home countries to prosecute if at all.
Hopefully I'm wrong though.
158
Gundayfunday2 days ago
+107
They interviewed 28 individuals and found 27 of them were involved
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systemhost2 days ago
+37
Ah, thanks for the clarification. My reading comprehension must be lacking this morning.
37
amateurnewbie2 days ago
+25
Can you imagine being the one innocent guy? Like, I know this isn’t how questioning works, but:
Are you a creepy weirdo?
Guy 1: Ew gross! No! I don’t know which one creepy guy I work with is the one being creepy, but we would definitely report this dude, right guys?
Guy 2: 👉👈
Guy 3: oops, caught me
Guy 4: samesies
Guy 5: is being a creepy b****** really that bad?
Guy 6: I might be a *little* guilty
Guy 7 : high five guys 🙏
Guy 8: 🙋♂️
Guy 9: 🗿
Guy 11: ahh you got me
Guy 12: oh yeah, totally guilty
Guy 13: guilty as charged
Guy 14: *guiltier* as charged
Guy 15: guilty as f***
Guy 16: wait, how many of us got hired on that island?
Guy 17 : 🏝️
Guy 18: 🏝️
Guy 19: 🏝️
Guy 20:you guys got on island? I just did the crimes
Guy 21: haha same
Guy 22: haha sometimes
Guy 23: i got 99 problems, and they all felonies
Guy 24: wait, isn’t this tried under maritime law ergo cum laude I’m innocentn’t
Guy 25: crime buddies?
Guy 26: crime buddies!
Guy 27 : *loud mouth breathing *
Guy 1: what the hell, guys‽
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Astronaut3132 days ago
+83
Multiple cruise lines, the majority weren’t from Disney.
83
jtobiasbond2 days ago
+28
It's really telling how the narrative latched onto "Disney" in all of this.
28
kevonicus2 days ago
+200
I live in TN and haven’t been anywhere and just had a bug that had me blowing water out my ass every 20 minutes for over 24 hours straight.
200
junglecritter2 days ago
+114
Now I know this
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12345cuda2 days ago
+64
That comes out to 72 times 🤓☝️
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shibbyflash2 days ago
+21
If only we knew the amount of ass water that came out each time we could figure out how many gallons worth
21
12345cuda2 days ago
+11
We definitely need more details
11
tmadik2 days ago
+29
Thanks for sharing
29
iamADP2 days ago
+17
Local man sparks ass pissing outbreak in his home!
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Lolpo5552 days ago
+74
Wash ur hands
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AnswerAdorable55552 days ago
+12
Very descriptive.
12
Clear_Might85282 days ago
+11
And here I thought Old Faithful was in Yellowstone...
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Impressive-Panda5272 days ago
+817
That’s how it goes
Two years ago there was a significant train derailment in Ohio
Train derailments are (for lack of a better word) common, but after the derailment in Ohio every single train derailment made news
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Meat-Dimension2 days ago
+250
Yeah and it gave people who don’t follow that news the impression that there was some massive surge in train derailments
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Blarg01172 days ago
+133
The problem is that these stories are important.
Hundreds of people getting sick and failing infrastructure are so normalized that it takes something next level horrifying to project it into the public consciousness for a while.
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ailish2 days ago
+62
Thank you. It has to be East Paslistine or Flint level bad for people to care, but the infrastructure needs to be updated so badly. We need to pump huge amounts of money into it, but wars in Iran, and ballrooms, are far more important.
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Named_after_color2 days ago
+20
Actually Joe Biden invested heavily in infrastructure in his term, luckily all road work and bridge projects can be out of committee and done in less than four years, otherwise we might not have seen any benefit!
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BlueShrub2 days ago
+9
Sort of like how every accident with an EV catching on fire makes news
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aminervia2 days ago
+11
There was a surge in train derailments after companies implemented costcutting measures and cut the number of staff inspecting and monitoring trains.
John Oliver did an interesting piece on it
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freedfg2 days ago
+31
Speaking of train derailments. Whatever happened with East Palistine and the toxic train?
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colombianojb2 days ago
+52
Just like the water in Flint Michigan, still a problem but people not living there stopped caring
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librarianjenn2 days ago
+8
Not a single person who should have received a settlement, has.
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memberzs2 days ago
+115
Train derailments last year, planes earlier this year.
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Braided_Marxist2 days ago
+51
Plane crashes were a genuine aberration though. More commercial airline disasters happened in the USA in the past 2 years than like 10 years prior
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Zaidswith2 days ago
+21
Lots of plane problems last year. The crash in DC, the door on Alaska Airlines, the Delta plane that flipped during landing ...
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azsnaz2 days ago
+7
Train derailments was only last year?
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parker20202 days ago
+6
They happen daily.
On average 3 a day.
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Blarg01172 days ago
+12
We really need different terminology. A single wheel jumping and the Ohio incident shouldn't be labeled the same thing.
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mobyte2 days ago
+21
Welcome to the modern news cycle.
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Jackson_Lamb_8292 days ago
+24
As a reporter, to be fair, it’s not like this story wouldn’t have been reported if not for hantavirus. It’s just that readers are more likely to share it and algorithms are more likely to push it. Case in point, this thread.
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aggierogue32 days ago
+19
Fine with me. F*** the cruise industry
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Winniepate2 days ago
+201
never wanting to go on a cruise is really paying off this month
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StaredAtEclipseAMA2 days ago
+52
Duality of man: Cruise tickets are about to be c**** as hell
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shryne2 days ago
+7
Except cruising is more popular than ever and it is a growing tourism market.
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Sigmaxxvi2 days ago
+112
Two years ago a group of my friends went on a cruise. I had to stay home because a hurricane was about to hit my city the day the cruise departed. 5 of the 7 friends who went got COVID on the ship and were miserable for the entire week, and to this day they're all like, "do you want to go on another cruise with us?" No, I do not.
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JasnahKolin2 days ago
+21
The 2 times my inlaws brought my SIL and her kids on a cruise, they all got either Covid or noro. They didn't even want to tell me because they were so pissed.
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Northparkwizard2 days ago
+16
Poop Cruise 2: Electric Boogaloo
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thejodiefostermuseum1 day ago
+12
Door handles. They are superspreaders. Star Trek used sliding doors at least since Daedalus class, else mankind wouldn't make it into 24th century. On a ship, always wipe the door handles.
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KopOut2 days ago
+249
I have never been on a cruise. I get the appeal in terms of it is convenient and planned out for you, but surely we have enough stories now where is it really worth riding around in a Petri dish for a week because the food was included in the price and they have a water slide into a cesspool?
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Keyai2 days ago
+247
I’ve been on several cruises and enjoyed all of them immensely. Never had an issue with sickness except for my wife who gets a bit of motion sickness. This is just the media jumping on a story. The same thing with train wrecks and derailments after Ohio, all the airplane stories after an air incident (no matter how minor), and now “plague boats.”
Don’t worry, they will stop talking about it when a new bandwagon shows up.
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Politicsboringagain2 days ago
+35
I use to love them, but with how strong the anti vaccine movement has gotten, I'm good on going on anymore.
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rkeller92 days ago
+23
You’re missing the big point. All of those incident were picked out a bunch of others that happened because they highlight glaring safety issues that could corrected.
Train derailments happen all the time. The issue was failing infrastructure that lead to a toxic leak near people.
Airplane crashes into helicopter. It was avoidable
Maybe the real story is things could and probably should change for the better…we don’t just have to accept that this shit happens all the time.
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Keyai2 days ago
+22
You are missing the point. Ohio, big story, should be reported. Airplane crash, dozens dead, big serious story that should be covered. Hantavirus outbreak, could be big, should be reported. Those are not the issue.
It’s the after. After Ohio we heard about every single derailment for weeks, and you said it yourself, they happen all the time. After the air disaster every single runway mix up across the country got reported on. Now, after the hantavirus we are hearing about any stomach bug on a ship.
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JureZidar2 days ago
+7
So a lot of people got the shits and that is breaking ? hahah
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CalicoCatRobot2 days ago
+60
To be honest, every cruise has outbreaks like this - and always have. It's just that they tend to crop up in the news much more now for ...reasons - and authorities are probably being more cautious now than they were.
50 passengers with symptoms out of 1700 sounds relatively normal really, and it's mostly because many of them are so blase about hygiene in the self serve bistros, to the point that staff have always had to stand at the entrances and force people to use the hand sanitizer before entering.
I imagine there are similar outbreaks at Holiday camps, etc too - but that they get much less attention - though a cruise ship is definitely a particular risk case when it comes to infectious diseases.
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sksauter2 days ago
+13
Every cruise does not have outbreaks like this
Edit: an outbreak, by definition, is an *abnormal* rate of disease incidence. If you are calling 50 out of 1700 people getting sick "normal" then you are acknowledging that it is not an outbreak.
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mjohnson2802 days ago
+5
Fun fact, hand sanitizer doesn't work on Norovirus.
My mom just had it in the hospital and they took the hand sanitizer away because they didn't want visitors to think they were protected without hand washing. Also not airborne so as long as you wash your hands and don't touch you mouth, you'll be fine. Eat food contaminated and it's another story
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Swimming_Fruit4101 day ago
+7
It’s a giant toilet in the ocean filled with degenerates. I’m not surprised.
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Conscious_Juice_44492 days ago
+11
This was my birthright, and Northernlion took it from me.
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logicallyinsane1 day ago
+6
I don't feel bad for them, they decided to get on a floating petri dish. This never ends well and people keep doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.
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Dont-be-a-smurf2 days ago
+86
It’s f****** norovirus
It isn’t a news story
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Braided_Marxist2 days ago
+41
1,000 people of various nationalities being held at port is indeed a news story. Doesn't have to be "next pandemic is coming" level story, but no need to be hostile to normal news reporting
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Dont-be-a-smurf2 days ago
+28
My hostility comes from this occurring regularly every year but it is only being reported to capitalize on fear caused by the recent hantavirus situation.
I do not believe this is genuine, heartfelt reporting of an otherwise fairly contained and routine happening.
I think this is news media capitalizing on fear to generate views.
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SillyGoatGruff2 days ago
+22
The media is soooo desperate to have a new covid
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SlayerBVC2 days ago
+14
It's honestly amazing that the Cruise Ship industry has survived as long as it has considering how the ships are the ideal conditions for these viruses and infections to spread.
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MarvelousVanGlorious1 day ago
+7
I have no idea why anyone would ever go on a f****** cruise.
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notthatguypal69002 days ago
+4
You couldn't pay me to get on one of these plague boats.
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-_-Knightingale-_-2 days ago
+4
Maybe it's time to just end cruiseships for like a million reasons...
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NotSteveKeim2 days ago
+4
US Navy vet here, this was pretty common on my aircraft carrier. We called it the double dragon. Use your imagination.
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RiotDX2 days ago
+4
Honestly surprised things like this haven't come up in the news before now. The one time I went on a cruise, it seemed like the entire boat-full of passengers had the flu by the time we docked after 7 days at sea. These things are like massive petri dishes you pay to ride on.
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Smoothzilla2 days ago
+3
I’m never getting on a cruise ship. I will sit in my bathtub and pretend. Cheaper and a slightly less chance of getting sick.
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Doofuhs2 days ago
+5
Cruises really sound like they could quickly become one of the worst experiences.
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Louiekid5021 day ago
+3
Maybe we just pause cruises for a bit lol
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Life-Sun-1 day ago
+4
Norovirus sucks. Everything comes out of your body from both ends until you’re so weak you sleep on the bathroom floor. Dehydration can happen really fast, so sometimes people need supportive IV fluids.
Cruise ships squish too many people from across the globe together for too long. Too many people don’t always wash their hands well after they use the bathroom.
Plus little kids who have no sense of hygiene or personal space are touching everyone and everything. Parents can only do so much. They’re adorable little germ spreaders.
All that is assuming the cruise ship staff and food supply are very clean and safe.
Even without some new pandemic strain, fun bugs like the norovirus are always around. You’d have to pay me a lot of money to go on a cruise ship.
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Longjumping-Ad-18422 days ago
+7
I feel bad for the passengers but this is the risk you take and the action that should be taken.
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la2ralus2 days ago
+8
Well that's a shitty way to spend a vacation.
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FormerLifeFreak1 day ago
+7
You couldn’t convince me to get on a cruise ship.
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schaudhery1 day ago
+7
Can we stop cruises? It’s absolutely filthy.
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AnewTest2 days ago
+5
F****** plague ships, good lord. I'm suddenly glad I have a stupid phobia of the deep ocean.
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Upstairs-Thanks41931 day ago
+5
Stop going on cruises.
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DrKrFfXx2 days ago
+3
Send some to madrid, we seem to be good at handling international health emergencies.
*Looks through my window, at the hospital with all the hantavirus patients*
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wutfacer2 days ago
+3
Plague ships having their revival in 2026
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ChippedHamSammich2 days ago
+3
I am never going on an effing cruise.
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tgwilli2 days ago
+3
One day yall gonna stop booking trips on floating toilets
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FlatTopTonysCanoe2 days ago
+3
I can’t imagine wanting to be locked on a floating mall with 8000 other people and thinking that sounds like a good time.
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