Royal Caribbean's CEO says passengers would stop getting norovirus if they would just wash their hands

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• Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that has symptoms resembling those of food poisoning or the flu. 
• That makes a dense, enclosed space like a cruise ship the perfect environment for the illness to spread.
• Even if a cruise ship enforces perfect hygiene, the illness can still spread from an infected person's respiratory system.

Norovirus might be a cruise line's worst nightmare.

The illness, whose symptoms resemble those of food poisoning or the flu, is highly contagious, which makes a dense, enclosed space like a cruise ship the perfect environment for the illness to spread. Norovirus is the most common cause of mass illness on cruise ships, and when it hits, it can hit hard, sometimes affecting hundreds of passengers on a single cruise.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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