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2020-04-17 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, But Went Smithfield Anyway

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-17 02:35|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Didn't want to hurt their business over some stupid models - perfectly understandable.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-17 04:19|| 2020-04-17 04:19|| Front Page Top

#2 They had an e. Coli problem a couple years ago, nobody cared.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-17 05:06|| 2020-04-17 05:06|| Front Page Top

#3 My wife and I settled on another cruise line three years ago, and - at first, I was bothered by hand sanitizer being shoved in your face coming on board and outside every dining area. Their caution looks pretty smart, now.

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-17 09:24|| 2020-04-17 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Get on a boat with 4000 people? Towns and villages that large frighten me.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-17 09:25|| 2020-04-17 09:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Remember the ~~Alamo~~ Costa Concordia!

Posted by Raj 2020-04-17 10:09|| 2020-04-17 10:09|| Front Page Top

#6 I think they threw il capitano in jail or at least put him on trial. That f-tard was showing off for his girl friend if I recall. Vai en culo, capitano.

Posted by Clem 2020-04-17 10:13|| 2020-04-17 10:13|| Front Page Top

#7 When you have a ship full of passengers at sea, what are you supposed to do?

And I'd love to know the source of the quotes from Trump.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-04-17 10:22|| 2020-04-17 10:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Al-Rooters - full quote: 'I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn’t our fault'

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-17 10:35|| 2020-04-17 10:35|| Front Page Top

#9 It looks like Carnival cruise ships are registered under the Bahamas and Panama as flags of convenience to minimize costs, not the U.S. I imagine that legally they could have been required to sail home, rather than allowed to disembark their passengers here.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-17 13:41|| 2020-04-17 13:41|| Front Page Top

#10 Every company in the country has a virus problem of some kind, including Walmart and Kroger. That's what happens when you're big enough to have to deal with masses of people.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2020-04-17 19:14|| 2020-04-17 19:14|| Front Page Top

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