in many ways a cruise ship is an ideal environment for spreading an infection tho, not super surprising they couldn't stop it
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Replying to @halvorz
A cruise ship that's operating the way cruise ships usually do, sure, but that generally means things like "close quarters contact with other passengers" and "communal meals and washrooms"
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Replying to @webdevMason
I think the sheer concentration of people is a big problem, and also cruise ships are just not designed for quarantine, everything is connected and close together
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Replying to @halvorz
A priori, hospitals look like (and can be) a terrible idea. But they're actually demonstrative of the fact that most illnesses, under conditions of reasonably limited human flow + high sanitization, aren't *that* infectious. A few are. Those they put under lock and key.
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Replying to @webdevMason
yes, but cruise ships are not hospitals and turning one into a hospital is not trivial
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Replying to @halvorz
I'm going to stop trying now. Feel free to humor me or not.
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Replying to @webdevMason
idk, i am but a humble virologist, this is not my specialty but i think you are drastically underestimating how hard it is to stop the spread of infectious diseases that don't require close contact
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Replying to @halvorz
Where am I doing that? At no point was "intectious diseases are easy to stop" my argument. It was roughly the opposite of that?
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Replying to @webdevMason
"most illnesses, under conditions of reasonably limited human flow + high sanitization, aren't *that* infectious" i am confused
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In the context of highly controlled conditions, like well-run hospitals or, presumably, areas surrounded by water and currently under room-level quarantine, yes. Spread is usually containable. If it's not, that's a red flag. Yes? No?
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Replying to @webdevMason
I guess that depends on what you mean by red flag we already know that it's reasonably contagious; the fact that they couldn't contain it on a hospital is not particularly surprising to me
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