Covid-19 crisis Economic loss following a bad decision

One cruise was called back a day earlier due to an infected passenger (it turned out to be a false alarm).

1,600 passengers spoiled their holiday.

The next cruise was cancelled. Perhaps another 1,600 passengers spoiled their holidays.

All for what? For over reacting to a mild infection. The common sense approach is to confine the passengers and their close contacts to the isolation cabins.

I am told that the cruise ship have these isolation cabins for such purpose.

But the captain is probably forced to follow the protocol put forward by insane minsters!

Hello, it is more than 3,200 spoiled holidays. Quite likely, the experimental cruise to nowhere will be stopped. A few thousand jobs will be lost.

What is the lesson? There is no need to over react to a mild infection. There is no need to return the cruise ship to the port prematurely.

If several passengers are found to be infected, or if the infection is serious, it may be necessary to call off the cruise. But there is no need to take this action too early.

Agree or not?

Tan Kin Lian

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