The odds of me stepping on a cruise ship have dropped further.

Why do people take cruises if they are floating incubators?

I have no idea, because in my experience (admittedly watching the Netflix substack.com/redirect/a… documentary), they are also tacky and they don’t seem like very much fun. If you know anything about norovirus, cruises are not the first choice for a spectacular vacation.

An unprecedented hantavirus outbreak would be the best part of the holiday, but I don’t think I represent the public. This outbreak is very interesting because it’s novel and unexpected. There is a lot of interesting virology involved and all outbreaks should be urgently contained, but that’s about it. Disaster was not averted, because disaster was never looming unless you are one of the unfortunate people who was infected.”