90-Second Read: The Hantavirus debacle raises a key question: why would anyone go on a cruise?

Less publicized is news of a British cruise ship dealing with a rash of stomach flu cases. Hospital quarantine, be it on land or ocean, is basically a cruise in that you can't go anywhere, your meals are provided for you, and the water pressure in the shower is not going to be nearly strong enough. If she can just get me on a Carnival cruise to Tenerife with an open bar, a roulette table and a large waterslide, she can pass on to the next phase.

More than 100 people have been evacuated from the ship and placed into various levels of quarantine to stop transmission. Yes, on Carnival cruises, you too can participate in the classic gameshow where you have to guess the contents of a briefcase. He'd probably never go on a cruise anyway, since he's an avowed germaphobe.

Putting a germaphobe onto a cruise ship is like dropping Theo Von into a Brooks Brothers. That includes the billionaires who buy superyachts so they can experience a cruise that isn't terrible, a cruise where you're alone. Passengers on that boat have been temporarily prevented from disembarking so that tests can be done on those affected.