Today In Fuuuuuck That: 7,000 People Are Stranded On A Cruise Ship As 2 Passengers Are Being Tested For The Coronavirus

Daily Mail-  An Italian cruise ship with 7,000 people on board is being held off the coast after a Chinese woman fell ill with a suspected case of coronavirus. The Costa Smeralda vessel is currently being held in port at Civitavecchia, 35 miles north of Rome, after a 54-year-old woman from Macau came down with a fever. She and her husband, who is not thought to have symptoms, were immediately placed in solitary confinement and have been tested for the virus. 

The woman, who has not been identified, contacted medics on board on Wednesday night to say she had a temperature and was suffering respiratory problems, Corriere della Sera reports.  Test results are due this afternoon, with other passengers barred from leaving the ship until they come back.   The ship is believed to be carrying around 6,000 passengers, along with another 1,000 crew members. Costa Crociere, the company which owns the ship, has confirmed that it is in lockdown.

Nope. Uh uh. Absolutely fucking not! There are some concessions people will make in order to go on a cruise and see multiple places during a vacation. Namely being packed dick-to-ass on a floating petrie dish with a bunch of other Cruise People and paying whatever the bar deems worthy for a drink in order to imagine you are anywhere else in the world. But being placed into a real life horror movie where the only thing that could stop the outbreak of a deadly disease is a sneezeguard at the breakfast buffet using a mode of transportation not exactly known for the cleanliness of its passengers is where I draw the line. Side eyeing every person with the sniffles as you walk around the same 5 public places as the other SEVEN THOUSAND people stranded in the ocean because your room is essentially a closet is no way to live. Team Land For Life.