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Originally Posted by Escape Artist
Cruise ships are germ incubators. This is one industry that shouldn't have come back. Even before COVID, they were the source of every nasty virus out there. Remember all those ships quarantined because of outbreaks of Norovirus? That happened often, as well as other nasty diseases. My friend went on a cruise to Hawaii and got so sick that on the way back the ship had to make an emergency dock in Mexico so she could be taken off the ship in a stretcher and taken by ambulance first to a Mexican hospital and then across the border to an American one.
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Sorry to hear about your friend. It helps to have a good immune system to begin with to keep safe on a cruise ship. That buffet just might get ya. Having said that, after more than 40 cruises together, neither hubby or I have ever gotten sick on a cruise. I know there is always the first time but we are careful and always do the "washy washy" thing on board to prevent a norovirus illness.