Get ready for the hot norovirus summer on a Florida cruise

Hey, you’re looking at a little lean, a one from the drudger of dry land. You might be thinking about traveling as the temperatures are heating up and school is sprinting to the end. cruise?

Draw a picture: sunlight, SPF, tropical bevvies, over-the-counter anti-milk anti-sweeteners, congaline…

Hmm? Well, my favorite must be the classic Piña Colada. Ah, the stomach thing. Yes, not a big name, but if you hit the high seas right away, consider filling in a fake shampoo bottle with Imodium and Pept. Crackers and clear soup can be paired with sexy bikini. Skinne!

Let’s straighten one thing. There are no poop deck jokes today. However, it is important to know that the Centers for Disease Control has recorded dozens of outbreaks of gastrointestinal viruses on ships in 2025 compared to 18 people last year. Ten of these ships were docked or docked to the left in Florida, and the sweat on the flops fired flip floppers into the sun’s state. Last week, the Seaborne ship withdrew in Miami with 35 norovirus cases. State wastewater samples show adorable high levels of the virus known as “winter vomiting disease.”

We don’t say ____ will happen. However, illness is the risk of fantasy for any group in the near space. The good thing is that they maintain programs designed to disinfect vessels, monitor food safety, identify sources and distribution of occurrences, and spread awareness of threats. This is called the CDC’s Ship Sanitation Program.

Hmm? I think the ram runners are right nearby, but when you’re hungry for loungers, they’ll sneak up on you. Ah… ah, that’s right. All full-time employees in the Ship Sanitation Program have been cut. This is part of the Trump administration’s attempts to embrace the toilets again, with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. For each CBS, the cut included program head epidemiologists. The move shifts the task of managing gastrointestinal calamities to a group of public health officers the size of a Korean boy band.

But at least this move saves taxpayers dollars. Will you come again? Now, there are two schools of thought about how to make a margarita. Ah, sorry, sorry. This makes no sense because the program is paid at a fee from a private cruise company rather than a tax. And you have to use fresh lime. Margarita Mix is ​​a criminal.

Anyway, the cruise bouncing off Covid, so I cued the steel drum anyway. Florida welcomes record numbers of passengers lined up at Beerbon Acorona in 2024, and industry people are hoping that 19 million Americans will cruise this year.

As we speak, fresh Ozian wonderland is entering the bustling business. Think “Gin Tenders are skillfully prepared” for the new Miami-based MSC World America ship, featuring 22 decks and shopping malls, virtual reality water slides and craft gin cocktails. The Gintender won’t let you overdo your blue Curacao! The launch, featuring MSC’s Mammoth New terminal in Portmiami, is a four-level building that can welcome 36,000 passengers per day.

In summary, what is the problem?

I learned a lot here today. This shows that some of the so-called leaders of the current administration have never stood on the chafer, unfriendly buffet of reheated crab quesadillas. Some of you have never carried empty bottles of vodka around the boat like a loud baby. I have never accidentally bitten a cheeseburger belonging to the Peoria Phil. Because it was on a shared deck table, and by noon it was three jungle juices, and after a formal night my friend was kind of a pill. Some of you started belching during “Mambo No. 5” so you didn’t have to skip a coastal excursion to get on a bus around the Bahamas. Some of you don’t really care about keeping the public healthy, and that shows.

what’s that? Ah, yes, thank you for asking. Gator ale, Gatorade, a small bite of water. Alcohol only dehydrates you more. Please rest.

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