Good luck, San Fran.

The novel coronavirus is shed in the feces of infected people, which may help explain why it’s spread so fast, according to Chinese researchers.

The finding of live virus particles in stool specimens indicates a fecal-oral route for coronavirus, which may be why it’s caused outbreaks on cruise ships with an intensity often seen with gastro-causing norovirus, which also spreads along that pathway.

https://fortune.com/2020/02/20/coronavirus-fecal-transmission/

Speaking of corona virus, your daily update.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/359200/

That just reinforces my desire to never take a cruise.

Oh.

“I don’t think anyone is prepared for this,” a feminist activist in the public line outside Room 1530 of New York State Supreme Court said during a break in testimony late in Harvey Weinstein’s trial for rape and sexual assault. ‘This” meant the possibility of acquittal or a hung jury.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/weinstein-trial-rape-manhattan/

That just reinforces my desire to never take a cruise.

Ben at February 23, 2020 9:58 AM

Ben you sound like my husband. Due to the experience of friends, the latest addition is: Go on a cruise, get sick. It has been added to the list of : Go to Egypt, China, Thailand, Africa, South America, Mexico, get sick.

When we were younger we tolerated it better. Now paying several thousand dollars for a case of dysentery seems excessive.

Hint for world travelers. You can always tell the level of civilization, by the quality of the plumbing.

Ironically We almost signed up for a cruise on the Diamond Princess two years ago. My mother’s health took a turn for the worse and we decided against it.

Not exactly cruises, but I always had sensational luck with scuba boats (12-24 passengers) in some of the world's most beautiful places. And on craft like those, they did a good job of provisioning reasonably good veggies instead of obnoxious carbs.

This here is quip-y and fun.

> Oh.

Wuttamy, chopped liver?

> The least competent prosecution
> since Juice.

> Crid at February 22, 2020 12:16 PM

Swear to God, if people had just been reading my links here since twenny-MF'ing-04, the United States would be paradise by now,

I've also enjoyed scuba a few times Crid. Though it is a bit pricey for me right now.

Intellectually I know that as long as you don't go bargain basement on a cruise it isn't that bad. But Carnival's history of poop based infections leaves a real yuck factor. Also, all the people I know who talk about how great their cruise was are also very over weight. If I want a week of sitting around eating and drinking with nowhere to go I can just wait for the next hurricane.

This is getting serious.

Now.

→ COVID-19 is BREAKING the INTERNETS ←

Nothing about those ships is alluring.