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orangecrush

(30,976 posts)
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:07 AM Yesterday

CDC's Full-Time Cruise Ship Inspectors Were Laid Off One Year Ago amid Record Outbreaks: Report

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program experienced significant layoffs almost exactly one year ago despite record outbreaks at the time, according to a 2025 report from CBS News.

The current hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch ship MV Hondius has sparked fresh questions for many about the sanitation measures that cruise ships must adhere to. While experts believe the current hantavirus outbreak did not originate from a lack of cleanliness on the ship — as passengers are thought to have been infected before joining the cruise — attention is being drawn to the actions cruise companies take to ensure their ships are properly sanitized.

In April 2025, CBS News reported that all full-time employees working for the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) had been fired, leaving a smaller group of 12 U.S. Public Health Service officers. The layoffs came amid a “record” number of norovirus outbreaks in the U.S. last year, per the report.

https://people.com/cdc-full-time-cruise-ship-inspectors-were-laid-off-one-year-ago-amid-record-outbreaks-report-11969485


What possessed this country to sign a suicide pact by electing Donald Trump a second time will be one of the great questions of history.

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CDC's Full-Time Cruise Ship Inspectors Were Laid Off One Year Ago amid Record Outbreaks: Report (Original Post) orangecrush Yesterday OP
Firing the US federal workforce was not supposed to hurt rich people going on cruises. Irish_Dem Yesterday #1
I get your point but orangecrush Yesterday #2
Yes I use sarcastic hyperbole sometimes to make a point. Irish_Dem Yesterday #5
Thanks, my friend orangecrush Yesterday #8
I guess most people would never make it in an US Irish Catholic military family. Irish_Dem Yesterday #9
Wish I could do more orangecrush Yesterday #10
Yes I know. Irish_Dem Yesterday #11
Well said. orangecrush Yesterday #12
Yes the voting process will show be for show like in Russia. Irish_Dem Yesterday #13
Most of my friends have been on cruises. Norbert Yesterday #3
They can afford food, gas, utility bills, medical care. Irish_Dem Yesterday #6
The rich only use private yachts & jets RainCaster Yesterday #4
These cruises are actually budget friendly and people even on low income JI7 Yesterday #7
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Irish_Dem

(82,146 posts)
1. Firing the US federal workforce was not supposed to hurt rich people going on cruises.
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:12 AM
Yesterday

Was only supposed to hurt the groups MAGA hates.

orangecrush

(30,976 posts)
2. I get your point but
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:14 AM
Yesterday

I know a few people who have gone on cruises who were not rich by the usual definition.

They were middle class people who saved for a long time to do something they dreamed of.

Not my cup of tea, but they earned it.

No one in their right mind will sail under this clown show.

Irish_Dem

(82,146 posts)
5. Yes I use sarcastic hyperbole sometimes to make a point.
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:04 AM
Yesterday

I know that middle class people go on cruises.

However if you are one of the people who cannot afford groceries or utility bills
then going on a cruise seems like something for rich people.

Irish_Dem

(82,146 posts)
9. I guess most people would never make it in an US Irish Catholic military family.
Fri May 8, 2026, 11:13 AM
Yesterday

We live and die by our dry, sarcastic, quick wit.

My major teaching tool is sarcastic hyperbole.

One of my favorite PhD professors used to lecture us that we had to get our students'
attention before anything would sink into their brains.

Oh yes we are in the biggest crisis in US history since the Civil War and WWII.
But most people don't even know it.
Which is due to the brilliance of the enemies who wage the war against us.

Many of us understand something is very wrong, but most don't understand what it is.

orangecrush

(30,976 posts)
10. Wish I could do more
Fri May 8, 2026, 11:27 AM
Yesterday


But I am compromised by age and many other factors.

It's up to the young now to secure a future for themselves, though I still do what I can do, and I realize posting on a message board does nothing, except perhaps make people aware of things.

I see a long, hot summer on the horizon.


Irish_Dem

(82,146 posts)
11. Yes I know.
Fri May 8, 2026, 11:55 AM
Yesterday

All we can do is what we can do.

I try my hardest online to get people to wake the hell up.
I get a lot of pushback. To this day so many people think Trump
is just a stupid buffoon. When in reality he is a deadly psychopath.

The other reality is that I firmly believe in We The People, a democracy.
Where I have to admit they have the right to vote in a dictatorship.
Which is what they have done.

orangecrush

(30,976 posts)
12. Well said.
Fri May 8, 2026, 12:55 PM
Yesterday

Just saw that the VA supreme court decided to ignore the voters

The fix is in

Gonna be a long, very hot summer

Because it appears that is the only avenue they are going to leave open.

Norbert

(7,844 posts)
3. Most of my friends have been on cruises.
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:22 AM
Yesterday

one of them takes a cruise annually. With a couple of exceptions none of us are even upper middle class.

Irish_Dem

(82,146 posts)
6. They can afford food, gas, utility bills, medical care.
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:05 AM
Yesterday

To some people this denotes a rich person.

JI7

(93,850 posts)
7. These cruises are actually budget friendly and people even on low income
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:11 AM
Yesterday

can go sometimes.

There are of course different types of cruises and some will be a lot more expensive but many of the people that go on them do so because it's cheaper than a lot of other things.

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