Cruising: A Dreaded Norovirus Strikes Again
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 11.19.06 | 10:32 AM ET
That’s what experts believe sickened more than 500 passengers aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ Liberty ship, which docked in Fort Lauderdale today after 16 days at sea. The Sun-Sentinel paints a grim picture of the scene on the ship: “Anti-viral agents were repeatedly sprayed all over the ship and passengers said a medicinal spell lingered everywhere. Passengers told of three dozen people waiting in line for the infirmary to open every morning.” The story mentions that many cruise industry officials believe norovirus outbreaks at sea “get unfair attention because a CDC study found only 10 percent of the 232 outbreaks investigated from 1997 to 2000 were on ships or vacation settings. The rest took place in restaurants, nursing homes and schools.” Unfair attention? They get more coverage because victims are, uh, stuck on a ship.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
