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Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19 by rezeroed on Thursday March 19, 2020 @12:02PM (#22628722)
Aren't cruise ships generally an older crowd?
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Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19 by btilly on Thursday March 19, 2020 @12:09PM (#22628818)
Cruise ships have a lot in the 40-60 range.

This gives them a higher median than the general population, but a lower density of the truly old. And deaths are strongly clustered among the truly old.

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Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19 by catalogia on Thursday March 19, 2020 @12:18PM (#22628923)
Yes, they're basically floating nursing homes doubling as casinos.
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