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5. I'm just trying to understand

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:33 AM

Feb 2020

why things wouldn't get much worse if say, two-thirds of the crew got evacuated but the passengers still had to stay.

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Coronavirus Cruise Crew Pleads for Help: 'Soon We Will All Be Infected' [View all] babylonsister Feb 2020 OP

Why would the crew get to leave and not everyone else? Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #1

Conversely, why are they making the babylonsister Feb 2020 #2

agreed NewJeffCT Feb 2020 #4

Perhaps somewhere like on a ship? Generic Brad Feb 2020 #7

on a cruise ship NewJeffCT Feb 2020 #8

A legal obligation? They're employees of the cruise line, not slaves. MineralMan Feb 2020 #3

I'm just trying to understand Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #5

As uncomfortable as it might seem, keeping people who have MineralMan Feb 2020 #6

But the same crew that has been infected MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #14

Yes, that's certainly possible. MineralMan Feb 2020 #15

Legal obligation? cwydro Feb 2020 #9

Exactly my question Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2020 #10

1. I thought the top priority of a crew was passenger safety FIRST? Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #12

Can you imagine bing stuck on a ship for who knows how long? leftyladyfrommo Feb 2020 #13