Do things spread so fast on a cruise ship die to the ventilation?
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 days ago
It’s only newsworthy and scary for the people on that cruise ship since it can be passed pretty easily in such tight, close quarters.
Having worked on a cruiseship, it is insane how fast a single person with a cold becomes 80% of the crew having a cold.
a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 days ago
It’s because you’re all confined to a relatively small area. You see the same kind of contagion spreadage at conventions, too, but if you’re really sick you can leave and quaratine yourself. You can’t so easily get off a boat.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
it’s because people are all eating the same food contaminated with rodent shit.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I’ve heard horror stories of working on cruise ships. How was it?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 days ago
It was not any more horrible than a normal janitorial/housekeeping job except for the hours. 16 hours a day, 7 days a week. No weekends. No days off for the whole 5 months you’re on the ship. But you make bank and have no where or no reason to spend anything since you get fed and a place to sleep.