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[J. Dillon]

Do cruise ships have a problem keeping their ventilating systems "clean" ? :confused:

In a very recent cruise passengers suffered various air borne and circulated respitory problems including coughing, colds and flu like symptons, some to the point of incapacitation. :eek: Maybe as much as 60% :eek: :eek:

Can this be prevented or are some ventilating systems just dirty and hard to maintain ? :(

Or just packing many people on a 615'ship just asking for air borne problems? :confused:

JD

[John E Hardiman]

Originally posted by J. Dillon:
Can this be prevented or are some ventilating systems just dirty and hard to maintain ? :(

Or just packing many people on a 615'ship just asking for air borne problems? :confused:

JDA little of all. A marine environment is very good for growing all sorts of stuff that the passengers bring with them... molds, and bacteria. Ventilation systems are great for all that stuff and can really move it around. Dark, humid, warm, inaccessable....And heaven help th cruise line if everything smelled like disinfectant all the time. :rolleyes:

In a submarine everybody gets sick the first 2 weeks underway, then it all goes away. Then they all get sick the first two week they are back.. ;)

Just the way it is....and most cruise ships have 'slightly' older population also.

[Frank E. Price]

When I worked for the Alaska Marine Highway System (car/passenger ferries; between Skagway and Bellingham) on a week on/week off schedule I used to get sick three or four times a year. Since I retired I get a cold maybe once every two years.

Frank