Quite the vacation
From the UK
Guardian:
Christmas cruise turns into 'plague ship' after norovirus outbreak
A dream Christmas cruise has turned into the holiday from hell, according to passengers who claim as many as 400 travellers have been struck down with the norovirus winter vomiting bug.
One traveller aboard the P&O liner Oriana, which is on a 10-night Baltic cruise out of Southampton visiting Christmas markets, said people felt like they were sailing on a "plague ship".
P&O's parent company Carnival said there had been "an incidence of a mild gastrointestinal illness" among the passengers.
The spokeswoman added that, as of Thursday, out of 1,843 passengers "the number of passengers with active symptoms is six".
One passenger, Paul Gilman, 62, told the Daily Mail: "It has been outrageous from start to finish. People were falling like flies, yet the crew were trying to insist everything was fine.
"Everyone is saying this is a plague ship. It's a living nightmare."
Yikes -- been reading
Spillover by
David Quammen the last few days. A ship like this would be a perfect place for a virus...
Posted by DaveH at December 13, 2012 10:36 AM