A cruise ship allegedly belonging to the church of scientology is currently being quarantined
after a case of the measles was diagnosed on board.
Now hundreds of passengers and crew members are forbidden to leave the ship.
Well, i mean there are worse things.
Being stuck on a cruise ship is not the worst thing in the world.
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The carribean island of St Lucia has quarantined a cruise ship thats owned by the church of
scientology after they recieved reports that someone on the cruise ship had the measles.
Authorities confirmed the case of the measles on tuesday, and the vessel was locked down
later that day, in attempt to prevent the measles from spreading.
The measles is a really contageous disease that is spread through the air.
The symptoms include coughing, fever, runny nose, watery eyes and a rash of red spots.
If one person has it, they can infect others through coughing and sneezing.
It can also be spread by touching the same objects or surfaces.
If you've ever been on a cruise ship, you know that everyone eats in the same couple
of restaurants, everyone touches the same elevator buttons, everyone goes to the pool.
An outbreak of the measles would definitely spread.
The ship, named freewinds, is 440 foot vessel thats stuck in St Lucia at port castries.
Its next stop was the island of Dominica, and its base port is Curacao.
According to the church of scientology's website, the ship is a religious retreat at the pinnacle
of a scientologists spiritual journey.
At this time, no one is allowed to get off the ship.
There are almost 300 passengers and crew aboard the ship, which is actually pretty small for
a cruise ship.
My family used to cruise a lot when i was young, and the amenities on cruise ships are
great, but these people aboard the Freewinds are likely not permitted to roam freely around
the cruise ship and go to the pool.
This is definitely not an extended holiday type of quarantine.
My guess is these people are confined to their tiny cabins awaiting instruction watching
satellite tv and listening to their scary toilets.
yes, scary toilets.
Whats really ironic about this story is that you're supposed to get a measles vaccination
when you're a kid.
This shouldn't even be happening.
The CDC advices that the first dose of the measles vaccine is supposed to be administered
at 12 months.
Now its recommended that children get it between 6 to 11 months if they are travelling to countries
with measles outbreaks.
Even though the disease was declared eliminated in the year 2000, there has been a resurgence
of cases in the united states.
Recently, measles cases in the US have surpassed the highest number on record since the measles
was declared eliminated.
You can thank the anti vaccination movement for that.
There have been more than 700 people diagnosed as of this week, and the vast majority of
the us cases have occured in children who have not recieved the vaccines against the
measles, mumps and rubella.
Vaccinations are very important because they prevent the spread of disease.
If its not in your interest to vaccinate your children, you are also putting everyone elses'
children at risk.
So vaccinate your kids, kids.
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