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Cruise Ship Waiting to Dock?
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03/01/2020 07:52 AM
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This has made the national news as they could not return to their home port of the Dominican Republic. DAILY HERALD STORY
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Re: Cruise Ship Waiting to Dock?
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Overall, probably there is an over reaction. Various strains of flu have been around for years. There is a vaccine each year for a particular strain or strains. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. Kind of like the shingles vaccine. My wife had the original vaccine and then had 2 mild cases of shingles that were diagnosed and treated by a doctor.
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Re: Cruise Ship Waiting to Dock?
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Unfortunately, flu symptoms are similar so you can't blame anyone for taking precautions. As far as this article stating allowing people to leave ship and fly out, a better choice would be a fully functional airport other than SXM which is not fully operational. Another post mentioned a French couple suspected of the virus being kept off a flight in SXM and held in a building on the airport. Is PJIA equipped for this?
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Re: Cruise Ship Waiting to Dock?
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Is PJIA equipped for this? Supposedly they are but who knows for sure?
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Re: Cruise Ship Waiting to Dock?
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03/01/2020 09:52 AM
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This one to me is different, because the ship was supposed to home port somewhere else. If SXM lets the ship dock, what will happen to it then? Is it going to be stuck at the docks for days or weeks? And it doesn't sound like anyone has even been tested for COVID19. More importantly, they are potentially going to expose busses/taxes/etc and the airport also to COVID19, as passengers would fly out from PJIA?? The test is not very reliable, but before I exposed PJIA to this thing, I would require a test anyway.
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Re: Cruise Ship Waiting to Dock?
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Sounds like a potential mess to me and for a LOT of people.
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Re: Cruise Ship Waiting to Dock?
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This does need to be taken seriously and it is . The key to react sensibly to situations like this is to have accurate information from a professional reliable source. The WHO maintains a continuously updated web page dedicated to this crisis. It provides expert guidance on dealing with this as well as credible information on where and how the disease is spreading. Perhaps most importantly, it dispels the falsehoods and incorrect assumptions rampant on the internet and web boards . Get informed. It's the best defense we have.
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Re: Cruise Ship Waiting to Dock?
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03/01/2020 10:18 PM
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Re: Cruise Ship Waiting to Dock?
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Flight tracking information is a bit limited, but two chartered Airbus aircraft arrived in SXM from La Romana (LRM) in the DR around 11:00 last night. At least one departed again just after 3AM, headed in the direction of Europe. I see nothing regarding a second departure, but as I said, tracking information is a bit limited. Braemar has left port, and is somewhere in the USVI/BVI headed for Jamaica. https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/officials-allow-cruise-ship-to-turnaround-at-st-maarten
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Re: Cruise Ship Waiting to Dock?
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Thank you for the update.
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