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News & Current Events May 13, 2026 at 12:48 PM

More than 1,000 passengers held on cruise in France after gastroenteritis outbreak

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Passengers allowed to leave norovirus-hit cruise ship
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Passengers allowed to leave norovirus-hit cruise ship
Passengers on the ship showing no symptoms are allowed to leave, authorities say, after 49 people fell ill from gastrointestinal sickness.
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aka_linskey May 13, 2026 +3160
Norovirus is the worst. That sounds awful.
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pickled_daydream May 13, 2026 +117
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_linskey May 13, 2026 +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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SPKmnd90 May 13, 2026 +17
How could you reinfect yourself? Wouldn't it have to be a different strain?
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girlikecupcake May 13, 2026 +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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Tonedeafmusical May 13, 2026 +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
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crimson117 May 13, 2026 +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.
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The_bruce42 May 13, 2026 +513
When you get norovirus, you get everything out of your system.
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JayGatsby1881 May 13, 2026 +165
Think about it as a free full body cleanse...
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MostCredibleDude May 13, 2026 +76
MLMs and fake supplement peddlers hate this one trick!
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aka_linskey May 13, 2026 +61
I did drop like 10 lbs. in two weekends of having it.
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Melkman68 May 13, 2026 +21
That sounds really intense. Sorry 😞
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snouz May 13, 2026 +28
You're excused, but don't do it again.
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noherethere May 13, 2026 +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.
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howmuchitcosts May 13, 2026 +32
Conveniently out of both ends.
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Squalphin May 13, 2026 +35
I always thought people where exaggerating until I got it myself.
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52BeesInACoat May 13, 2026 +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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CooperHChurch427 May 13, 2026 +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.
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Rhissanna May 13, 2026 +7
I think that's enough internet for today.
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twirlerina024 May 13, 2026 +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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JWE25 May 13, 2026 +5
Yeah literally anything you drink or eat would come right back out that same hour. I was throwing up soup all day lmao
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The_bruce42 May 13, 2026 +15
It's more efficient to use both ends
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howmuchitcosts May 13, 2026 +6
Thats what she said.
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occams1razor May 13, 2026 +9
You can also reinfect yourself if you don't clean your entire apartment thoroughly. Fun!
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Choa707 May 13, 2026 +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.
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chinto30 May 13, 2026 +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.
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ManateeNipples May 13, 2026 +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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bdsmmaster007 May 13, 2026 +7
What do you take against your allergic reactions? I have the same, currently taking just some normal antiallergic meds.
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ManateeNipples May 13, 2026 +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_parnell May 13, 2026 +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_Brevity May 13, 2026 +50
2 years so far for me, brain fog, memory issues, persistent cough and always tired. :/
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ThruntCuster May 13, 2026 +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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SillyBillyCrazyDazy May 13, 2026 +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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simpleglitch May 13, 2026 +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.
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crimson117 May 13, 2026 +9
Not stupid; taste/smell implies it's messing with your brain function.
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laurifex May 13, 2026 +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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DMYourFeetPicsTy May 13, 2026 +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)
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Uysee May 13, 2026 +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
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oxero May 13, 2026 +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_sneu May 13, 2026 +31
That feeling of not being able to drink enough water to not be dehydrated was the worst
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Lumpy_Space_Princess May 13, 2026 +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
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GardenPeep May 13, 2026 +7
Always carry rehydration salts when traveling...
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Pugilist12 May 13, 2026 +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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zatalak May 13, 2026 +10
Crying, drinking, puking, repeat. Felt like Sisyphos.
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BaaBaaTurtle May 13, 2026 +17
Or you could be me and have GI issues and vomiting with COVID.
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girlikecupcake May 13, 2026 +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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zadtheinhaler May 13, 2026 +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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altviewdelete May 13, 2026 +7
Norovirus almost killed me, COVID was feeling tired for a week (off work).
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fondledbydolphins May 13, 2026 +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_sneu May 13, 2026 +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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MoonsterGoopter May 13, 2026 +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. 
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pancakefishy May 13, 2026 +5
When I had noro a few weeks after covid in 2022, I was wishing for covid too
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standupstrawberry May 13, 2026 +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_fan May 13, 2026 +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.
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Obi_Wan_Benobi May 13, 2026 +27
It was so bad. Throw up, diarrhea, throw up some more, butt piss. Rinse, repeat.
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mambotomato May 13, 2026 +16
Really wish we had a long-lasting vaccine for noro. It's such a misery.
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aka_linskey May 13, 2026 +9
Agreed. I’d get it in a heartbeat.
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fc_dean May 13, 2026 +7904
Those cruises are a literal bacteria / virus breeding ground, aren't they.
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Indercarnive May 13, 2026 +2606
Ships have always been
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ManBearHybrid May 13, 2026 +1477
Yeah. The media is obviously just jumping on the "plague boat" bandwagon.
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mendenlol May 13, 2026 +258
I'm surprised they're not finding a way to tie Spirit airlines or Boeing into this
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junaidnk May 13, 2026 +84
Or Ocon
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WalkWithShadows May 13, 2026 +76
10-minute penalty to Ocon.
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xxEmkay May 13, 2026 +22
10 point deduction for everton.
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Spirited-Tomorrow-84 May 13, 2026 +22
The media is jumping on many bandwagons these past centuries
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boomboomdaboomer May 13, 2026 +12
It needs a better title.  Like, “Love Boat catches Rogue Wave”.  That’d sell some newspapers. 
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Archduke_Of_Beer May 13, 2026 +63
The PLAGUE BOOOOOAAT!! Soon will be making another run!!
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3Machines May 13, 2026 +45
The plague boooooat....promises vomit for everyone 🎶
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National-Charity-435 May 13, 2026 +6
Our cabins are perfectly walled so you can't hear the violent diarrhea of your neighbors :)
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peon2 May 13, 2026 +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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cespinar May 13, 2026 +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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Dragrunarm May 13, 2026 +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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WolverinesThyroid May 13, 2026 +10
plus when an outbreak happens on a ship 100-200 people are getting sick of 4,000+
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FluxD1 May 13, 2026 +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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Arickettsf16 May 13, 2026 +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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Barbarake May 13, 2026 +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_3128 May 13, 2026 +41
A lot of them were prisoners. Probably in bad shape already
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Argos_the_Dog May 13, 2026 +19
Yeah, underfed and overworked.
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wtfElvis May 13, 2026 +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.
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PM-me-youre-PMs May 13, 2026 +18
May the gratitude of the shareholders keeps them warm in the afterlife.
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TennaTelwan May 13, 2026 +4
I am sure they will remain nice and roasty, toasty warm!
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KiplingRudy May 13, 2026 +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.
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raven1121 May 13, 2026 +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
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GnomeNot May 13, 2026 +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.)
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shyguysam May 13, 2026 +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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raven1121 May 13, 2026 +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.
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Due_Warthog725 May 13, 2026 +10
ships are clean its the people who are dirty fucks
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Itchy_Award1856 May 13, 2026 +25
As a sailor who has contracted the shits and pukes 3 times, I agree.
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Own-Ambassador-3537 May 13, 2026 +18
Thank you for your service?
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Jumpy-Coffee-Cat May 13, 2026 +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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PaulClarkLoadletter May 13, 2026 +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-Cat May 13, 2026 +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.
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sleepymoose88 May 13, 2026 +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.
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obeytheturtles May 13, 2026 +12
These people also don't realize they smell like literal shit.
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wtfElvis May 13, 2026 +9
Yeah, its wild how gross people are.
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doorstopnoodles May 13, 2026 +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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Automatedluxury May 13, 2026 +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.
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No-Stage-4583 May 13, 2026 +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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Sweetwill62 May 13, 2026 +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-Self5907 May 13, 2026 +343
And that is why I will never be a on a cruise ship.
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Alpine_Exchange_36 May 13, 2026 +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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NomNom83WasTaken May 13, 2026 +26
Is the the Poop Cruise from the Netflix doc? Or another one?
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Techwood111 May 13, 2026 +10
Yep, what a great watch.
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Significant-Self5907 May 13, 2026 +6
The horror. The horror.
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Flimsy_Category_9369 May 13, 2026 +47
Being trapped on a boat with that many people is my personal version of hell
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Gardakkan May 13, 2026 +152
That and all the pollution and waste they produce.
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TicklishViking May 13, 2026 +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_36 May 13, 2026 +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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Oradi May 13, 2026 +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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peeparonipupza May 13, 2026 +3
We love our washy washy girl.too!!! Such sweethearts
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Call555JackChop May 13, 2026 +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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logicalnutty May 13, 2026 +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-Sandwich695 May 13, 2026 +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_Write May 13, 2026 +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-sailin May 13, 2026 +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_burning May 13, 2026 +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.
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-Mantis_Toboggan- May 13, 2026 +15
I once saw a guy go straight from the urinal to the hand dryer, it was the most disgusting thing I've seen!
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Aromatic_Command8441 May 13, 2026 +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.
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damian20 May 13, 2026 +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
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Noppers May 13, 2026 +764
Holy shit, you weren’t kidding.. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigation-cruise-ship-workers-disney-engaged-child-p**********-rcna344648
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systemhost May 13, 2026 +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.
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Gundayfunday May 13, 2026 +107
They interviewed 28 individuals and found 27 of them were involved
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systemhost May 13, 2026 +37
Ah, thanks for the clarification. My reading comprehension must be lacking this morning.
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amateurnewbie May 13, 2026 +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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Astronaut313 May 13, 2026 +83
Multiple cruise lines, the majority weren’t from Disney.
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jtobiasbond May 13, 2026 +28
It's really telling how the narrative latched onto "Disney" in all of this.
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kevonicus May 13, 2026 +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.
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junglecritter May 13, 2026 +114
Now I know this
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12345cuda May 13, 2026 +64
That comes out to 72 times 🤓☝️
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shibbyflash May 13, 2026 +21
If only we knew the amount of ass water that came out each time we could figure out how many gallons worth
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12345cuda May 13, 2026 +11
We definitely need more details
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tmadik May 13, 2026 +29
Thanks for sharing
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iamADP May 13, 2026 +17
Local man sparks ass pissing outbreak in his home!
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Lolpo555 May 13, 2026 +74
Wash ur hands
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AnswerAdorable5555 May 13, 2026 +12
Very descriptive.
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Clear_Might8528 May 13, 2026 +11
And here I thought Old Faithful was in Yellowstone...
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Impressive-Panda527 May 13, 2026 +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-Dimension May 13, 2026 +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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Blarg0117 May 13, 2026 +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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ailish May 13, 2026 +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_color May 13, 2026 +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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BlueShrub May 13, 2026 +9
Sort of like how every accident with an EV catching on fire makes news
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aminervia May 13, 2026 +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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freedfg May 13, 2026 +31
Speaking of train derailments. Whatever happened with East Palistine and the toxic train?
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colombianojb May 13, 2026 +52
Just like the water in Flint Michigan, still a problem but people not living there stopped caring
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librarianjenn May 13, 2026 +8
Not a single person who should have received a settlement, has.
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memberzs May 13, 2026 +115
Train derailments last year, planes earlier this year.
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Braided_Marxist May 13, 2026 +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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Zaidswith May 13, 2026 +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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azsnaz May 13, 2026 +7
Train derailments was only last year?
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parker2020 May 13, 2026 +6
They happen daily. On average 3 a day.
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Blarg0117 May 13, 2026 +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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mobyte May 13, 2026 +21
Welcome to the modern news cycle.
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Jackson_Lamb_829 May 13, 2026 +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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aggierogue3 May 13, 2026 +19
Fine with me. F*** the cruise industry
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Winniepate May 13, 2026 +201
never wanting to go on a cruise is really paying off this month
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StaredAtEclipseAMA May 13, 2026 +52
Duality of man: Cruise tickets are about to be c**** as hell
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shryne May 13, 2026 +7
Except cruising is more popular than ever and it is a growing tourism market.
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Sigmaxxvi May 13, 2026 +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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JasnahKolin May 13, 2026 +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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Northparkwizard May 13, 2026 +16
Poop Cruise 2: Electric Boogaloo
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thejodiefostermuseum May 13, 2026 +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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KopOut May 13, 2026 +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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Keyai May 13, 2026 +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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Politicsboringagain May 13, 2026 +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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rkeller9 May 13, 2026 +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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Keyai May 13, 2026 +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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JureZidar May 13, 2026 +7
So a lot of people got the shits and that is breaking ? hahah
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CalicoCatRobot May 13, 2026 +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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sksauter May 13, 2026 +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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mjohnson280 May 13, 2026 +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_Fruit410 May 14, 2026 +7
It’s a giant toilet in the ocean filled with degenerates. I’m not surprised.
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Conscious_Juice_4449 May 13, 2026 +11
This was my birthright, and Northernlion took it from me.
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logicallyinsane May 14, 2026 +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-smurf May 13, 2026 +86
It’s f****** norovirus It isn’t a news story
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Braided_Marxist May 13, 2026 +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-smurf May 13, 2026 +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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SillyGoatGruff May 13, 2026 +22
The media is soooo desperate to have a new covid
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SlayerBVC May 13, 2026 +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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MarvelousVanGlorious May 14, 2026 +7
I have no idea why anyone would ever go on a f****** cruise.
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notthatguypal6900 May 13, 2026 +4
You couldn't pay me to get on one of these plague boats.
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-_-Knightingale-_- May 13, 2026 +4
Maybe it's time to just end cruiseships for like a million reasons...
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NotSteveKeim May 13, 2026 +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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RiotDX May 13, 2026 +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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Smoothzilla May 13, 2026 +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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Doofuhs May 13, 2026 +5
Cruises really sound like they could quickly become one of the worst experiences.
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Louiekid502 May 14, 2026 +3
Maybe we just pause cruises for a bit lol
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Life-Sun- May 14, 2026 +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-1842 May 13, 2026 +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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la2ralus May 13, 2026 +8
Well that's a shitty way to spend a vacation.
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FormerLifeFreak May 14, 2026 +7
You couldn’t convince me to get on a cruise ship.
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schaudhery May 14, 2026 +7
Can we stop cruises? It’s absolutely filthy.
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AnewTest May 13, 2026 +5
F****** plague ships, good lord. I'm suddenly glad I have a stupid phobia of the deep ocean.
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Upstairs-Thanks4193 May 14, 2026 +5
Stop going on cruises.
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DrKrFfXx May 13, 2026 +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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wutfacer May 13, 2026 +3
Plague ships having their revival in 2026
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ChippedHamSammich May 13, 2026 +3
I am never going on an effing cruise.
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tgwilli May 13, 2026 +3
One day yall gonna stop booking trips on floating toilets
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FlatTopTonysCanoe May 13, 2026 +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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