December 03, 2002

203 Taken Ill During Cruise

U.S. health inspectors boarded the cruise ship Carnival Fascination on Monday to investigate the latest bout of sickness to hit cruise ships that sickened more than 200 people during a weekend cruise from Miami.
The 260-metre Carnival Cruise Line vessel was the third ship in recent weeks to report large outbreaks of vomiting, diarrhoea and other symptoms of Norwalk-like virus, which is considered nondeadly and generally clears up within a few days.

Who cares? I've had this kind of virus and for the duration of your illness, you wish you were dead.
It may sound like I need to straighten my tin foil hat a bit, but this could be bio-terrorism.
3 ships in about as many weeks with hundreds of sick passengers?
Plus, they all depart from Miami and we all know how much the Islamist terrorists like Florida.
Whatever's causing it, these victims of whatever this is--at best, it can be caused by poor hygiene on the part of the food service staff--have nothing but my pity and my sympathy.