Japan says 88 more virus cases confirmed on quarantined ship
Source: AP
TOKYO (AP) Japanese health authorities said Tuesday they have confirmed 88 more cases of the new virus on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo.
The new cases bring the total on the Diamond Princess to 542.
The number is by far the largest outside China.
The Japanese government has repeatedly defended the effectiveness of the quarantine and bristled against criticism that the ship became a virus incubator instead of a quarantine facility.
In this Feb. 15, 2020, photo, a man talks on the phone next to a South Korean flag hanging in the balcony of his cabin on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The 14-day quarantine for those on the ship is scheduled to end Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Sancho
(9,067 posts)on the surface.
ret5hd
(20,480 posts)Sancho
(9,067 posts)MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Send them all to separate movie theaters?
Chemisse
(30,802 posts)And tried to prevent them ALL from getting sick.
On the plus side, we now have a controlled experiment from which to extract reliable data.
lostnfound
(16,161 posts)It wasnt a real quarantine for one third of the people. The crew.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Is the problem with that approach. For 14 days (or possibly 21), you are perfectly fine, but contagious.
Quarantines have lots of problems, but for 4000 years of recorded history, it's the best we have.
If you come up with a better idea, it will change human history.
Chemisse
(30,802 posts)That would at least reduce the amount of virus that the healthy people have to ward off on a daily basis.
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)Can't even imagine being on that ship
denem
(11,045 posts)Of those, 40% are asymptomatic.
lostnfound
(16,161 posts)Screenings wont stop the spread.
mpcamb
(2,868 posts)lostnfound
(16,161 posts)Chemisse
(30,802 posts)One would think they were tested because they had symptoms, but it says some were asymptomatic.
I'd love to look at the source of this.