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14-11-2022, 09:43 AM
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/crui...5bxpy.html
Cruise ships shouldn’t be able to flush sick passengers into the community
Have we learnt precisely nothing from the Ruby Princess debacle in 2020, which led to the deaths of 28 people and unleashed a COVID-19 wave that could have overwhelmed the Australian health system?
Sure, almost three years later most of us are vaxxed and boosted and an influx of COVID-19 cases can do less damage – but should a behemoth like the Majestic Princess be free to flush out more than 660 sick passengers into the community with nothing more than a warning to stay off public transport?
We are already experiencing our fourth COVID-19 wave, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr Kerry Chant, with a tripling of cases in the 24 hours to Thursday. Will the Majestic Princess’s unwanted ballast be a “drop in the ocean”, given those surging case numbers? This seems a let-it-rip or, in this case, let-it-ripple policy.
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Cruise ships shouldn’t be able to flush sick passengers into the community
Have we learnt precisely nothing from the Ruby Princess debacle in 2020, which led to the deaths of 28 people and unleashed a COVID-19 wave that could have overwhelmed the Australian health system?
Sure, almost three years later most of us are vaxxed and boosted and an influx of COVID-19 cases can do less damage – but should a behemoth like the Majestic Princess be free to flush out more than 660 sick passengers into the community with nothing more than a warning to stay off public transport?
We are already experiencing our fourth COVID-19 wave, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr Kerry Chant, with a tripling of cases in the 24 hours to Thursday. Will the Majestic Princess’s unwanted ballast be a “drop in the ocean”, given those surging case numbers? This seems a let-it-rip or, in this case, let-it-ripple policy.
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