Sailing into the Sunset

What’s on my mind? The Covid-19 coronavirus and cruise ships, a topic I raised in a Feb. 21 post titled Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’. The gall of these cruise ship companies! Rather than stand down for awhile, the tasteless ads just keep coming. 

The most recent ad from Princess Cruises asks: “Are you ready to Drop and Go?” (Following the Diamond Princess’ death ship débacle, the ad should probably say “Go” and “Drop”). The lettering even features a clock ... as in “tick-tick-tick-tick ... the minutes of your life are passing ...” 

Princess is advertising “last-minute” cruise ship deals and “limited-time” offers. This is ghoulish.

More than 705 passengers and crew linked to the Diamond Princess developed the coronavirus. Of those, five died. Yet the ads are continuing.

More than 93,000 people worldwide have now been infected with the coronavirus. More than 3,100 have died. Globally, the death rate has now nudged up to 3.4%.

Would you take a cruise today? Most emphatically, I would not.

©  Nicole Parton, 2020