Well done, thank you.
Back to Venice cruise schedule July-December 2020
Date Ship Cruise Line Arrive-Depart Guests Crew
5-Jan-2020
Costa Deliziosa Costa Cruises 08:00 - 17:00 3,570 1,000
1-Feb-2020
Spirit Of Discovery Saga Cruises 08:00-24:00 1,000 530
2-Feb-2020
Spirit Of Discovery Saga Cruises 00:00-18:00 1,000 530
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ETA:
Those itineraries/locations aren’t jumping out at me atm.
I wonder what other Cruise Ships...keep digging...
ETA2: Just had a thought...right now the incubation period could be occurring, in which we may or may (or may not) see a spike in 14ish days in the US/Canada (zzz sorry half asleep gnight)
I’ve been thinking (again) about the way this virus spreads. IMO, there still seems to be an anomaly.
I mentioned upthread that it almost seems to “percolate” before switching into high gear.
Somewhere way upthread, someone had posted a thought regarding the young doctors that have died from this virus in China while providing care to the infected. That poster wondered if the fact that they were around so much of the virus that it made it more lethal.
So here’s what I’m wondering about this morning....
What if this virus relies on “quantity & accumulation”
to progress?
So, the way we are used to viruses working is - we get infected with a virus (the flu for example), once infected, the virus multiplies and runs its course. Once it starts, it doesn’t matter if you isolate yourself or if you attend large social outings, or if your in a house full of other individuals that also have the flu - the course of the virus is already set in motion and will do its thing.
What if this one operates differently? Hopefully I can explain without creating confusion.
Hypothetically, let’s say one person acquires COVID-19. The virus enters the lungs and takes hold, but either the virus only replicates x number of times, or the replication process is very slow. So basically, the person will stay asymptomatic for quite sometime, and initial symptoms, when they do occur, will be mild.
However, the infected person is still contagious. That person then infects 3 more people in the household. Now there are 4 people shredding active virus into the air.
IF the virus acts more like spores, then the virus would advance through accumulation- acting more like a toxin rather a normal virus.
IF the spread and virility of the virus is dependent upon accumulation, it would explain some of what we’ve seen thus far.
The virus would basically be spreading without being noticed until the air gets saturated to the point that there’s enough viral “spores” to advance the virus enough for individuals to start showing symptoms. Or a longer exposure time to less saturated air would ultimately lead to the same.
Extended time in a saturated environment would increase the spread of the virus within an individual, which could be the contributing factor to the deaths of these younger doctors in Wuhan.
It would also mean that by the time the virus is confirmed in someone that can’t be traced to an originating source, then that area is already heavily saturated with asymptomatic individuals in the general population. It would also mean the more condensed a population, the worse the outcome. (ie, the Diamond Princess)
Yep - sounds a bit on the crazy side (lol, no need to point that out!), but I’m throwing the idea out there since it appears this virus has a bad habit of breaking the rules of “viral behavior”
MOO & just some food for thought since this thread moves so slowly...
(closest emoji for sarcasm)
