Tuesday, February 18, 2020

David Abel

David and Sally Abel
If you follow my blog, I've written about David Abel.  He's a Brit who is a passenger on the Diamond Princess.  He's been doing Facebook live posts and You Tube posts about life on a quarantined ship.  He's always been very positive and trying to make the best of a very bad situation.  I just read his last post on Facebook and both him and Sally have been transferred to a hostel.  At first they thought it was a hospital!   They've been told there is no wi-fi, phones or medical facilities.  I will continue to monitor his sites and hopefully he can access the outside world.  I'm sure his children are very worried!   The Guardian Newspaper said the UK is planning a flight an they've blocked an entire hotel for the Diamond Princess UK passengers to stay in.  I hope that is true and David and Sally are back in the UK soon!

They will report how many more cases of the virus have been found on the cruise ship.  The quarantine has not worked!  Those poor passengers have been quarantined in their rooms for almost 14 days and they are still getting sick in huge numbers. 

On our three night cruise last March I accepted a "move down offer" from Princess cruises.  I was thrilled.  If I moved from my nice Caribe balcony (9 X 9) to an inside cabin they gave me all my cruise fare back!  We did and boy did Cec complain!  It was only three nights and it's been ages since I was in an inside cabin.  When we disembarked I said to myself "never move down again!".  When I think of that cramped dark cabin and think people have been forced to stay in their room for 23 hours a day with no fresh air, I feel sickened!

So far the Diamond Princess is the second most infected:
Confirmed Cases by Country/Region


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