The Caribbean nation of St. Lucia has quarantined a cruise ship on the island after identifying a confirmed case of measles on board, a health official said.
Passengers and crew members aboard the large ship were not permitted to leave, Dr. Merlene Fredericks-James, the nation’s chief medical officer, said on Tuesday. The highly infectious disease, which can be mostly prevented by a common vaccination, is in the midst of its largest outbreak in a quarter-century in the United States, with more than 700 cases reported.
“Because of the risk of potential infection, not just from the confirmed measles case but from other persons who may be on the boat at the time, we thought it prudent to make a decision not to allow anyone to disembark,” she said in a statement.
Dr. Fredericks-James did not name the ship. But Victor Theodore, a St. Lucia Coast Guard sergeant, told NBC News that it was identified as “Freewinds,” which is reportedly owned and operated by the Church of Scientology. A ship by the same name was moored in St. Lucia on Thursday morning, according to online records.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 03 2019, @04:38PM (4 children)
Do you know what "traveler" means? It means you are nomadic (eg, ride the rails, backpackers, etc).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 03 2019, @10:12PM (3 children)
Nomad. - Someone who has no fixed home and moves from place to place as a permanent way of life.
Backpacker - Someone taking an extended trip in as cheap a way as possible.
Traveller - Someone who is currently travelling or has recently travelled.
While these may be overlapping groups they are different.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 03 2019, @10:51PM
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=traveller [urbandictionary.com]
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday May 04 2019, @01:23AM (1 child)
Irish Travellers [wikipedia.org]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 04 2019, @08:07AM
Somebody need to innoculate Runaway! I fear his ignorance may be contagious, or at least Trumpf inducing.