Corona Virus

There is an issue that is now receiving increasing "Media" airplay.
And that is, the fact that there are a large number of "Foreign Port" based ships, with thousands of crew & passengers (some testing positive) on board, that should, after releasing all Aussies into 14 day quarantine, leave for their home port,...but they are refusing do so, obviously because they see Aussie as a Safer haven than where they come from.
I believe they should not be allowed to stay here, but adopt their normal sailing route, whatever it was before the virus outbreak, or return to their home port.
Pickles.

Yes a problem alright, P2 (8 ships at last count) but my solution is to let them rendezvous with a couple of Collins Class Subs & see if that can sort them out, Bloody furriners, bloody cheek of them!.[bigrolf]


These ships would then make great scuba sites to be explored when this business is done & dusted so a win win for post C-19 tourism.[happycry]

I see a slightly less draconian solution to be "go home or you are banned from Australian Ports for 5 years"

Seeing Australians are among the top few voyage takers in the World, I think they would go home. Hip pocket nerve.

Regards PhilipA

I doubt that anyone will want to go on a cruise for quite some time because of what has happened on those ships.

WOT, less Draconian that a couple of Collins?

My way is more spectacular though, Philip. [bigrolf] Ok, maybe they could just sit there looking dark, ominous & brooding & pointing in their general direction? That would have to put the frighteners on any Latino type of Ship's Master.[biggrin]

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Originally Posted by trout1105

I doubt that anyone will want to go on a cruise for quite some time because of what has happened on those ships.

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S'right. I don't believe we will see the return of the "Floating Cities" for quite some years. And what about the cleansing?
I think they will need to dismantle every bit of the ship to clean it all properly even where passengers haven't supposedly been though who can say?


No, far better to sink them out over a trench that exists off WA & who knows they might just disturb the last resting place of the Malaysian Jet & it will bob to the surface, just so long as they stay right away from HMAS Sydney's final position & they know where she lies.

Sobering coming to work today to see the staff car park having a tent city erected in case our wards get filled up.
It is good to see they are getting prepared but really brings the whole thing home.

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Originally Posted by Picklmedical eques2

There is an issue that is now receiving increasing "Media" airplay.
And that is, the fact that there are a large number of "Foreign Port" based ships, with thousands of crew & passengers (some testing positive) on board, that should, after releasing all Aussies into 14 day quarantine, leave for their home port,...but they are refusing do so, obviously because they see Aussie as a Safer haven than where they come from.
I believe they should not be allowed to stay here, but adopt their normal sailing route, whatever it was before the virus outbreak, or return to their home port.
Pickles.

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One of the issues with the ships is elderly passengers are sick. If they sail away, and the sick progress to COVID-19 , without the proper medical equipment on the ships, they will die. If that was one of you old blokes and their wives in a ship off Italy,[ where some Australians find themselves] fair dinkum, I reckon we would never hear the end of it. Sorry, but I find that attitude so wrong. The reason the Captains are reluctant [ or one of the reasons, at least] to push off home is they are responsible for the safety of their passengers. What I believe is going to happen is teams of doctors are going to be flown out the ship/ ships and all passengers are going to be tested. Those who fail, come ashore to hospital. Those who pass, sail away with the ship. That way there is 2 weeks for passengers to show symptoms. Any Nation that forced ships to move on, knowing that people would probably die, deserves to be pilloried around the World. The Artania, the German ship alongside Fremantle, only has a handful of very sick elderly passengers who are too sick to fly home. They should be placed in hospital here. No doubt about it.

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Originally Posted by 4bee

Yes a problem alright, P2 (8 ships at last count) but my solution is to let them rendezvous with a couple of Collins Class Subs & see if that can sort them out, Bloody furriners, bloody cheek of them!.[bigrolf]


These ships would then make great scuba sites to be explored when this business is done & dusted so a win win for post C-19 tourism.[happycry]

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Apart from the fact it would be an act of piracy, that's one of the silliest things I've heard on the subject. I can only hope you are making a joke. A bad one, in very bad taste.

My understanding today is that 200 of the Ruby Princess have presented positive to respiratory infection to the doctors flown onto the ship ( but probably not diagnosed with Coronavirus yet)

The problem is of course that the crew will be from diverse places like the Philippines, India , Vietnam, etc etc (whatever the cheapest) and which of those countries will accept them back?

Regards PhilipA