An estimated 100,000 cruise ship employees are suffering a fate worse than the SS Minow. Untold number of those infected with COVID-19. At least 17 have died.
Many of these crew are quarantined in tiny cabins, and some have had their pay cut off. They have in effect become a nation of floating castaways, marooned on boats from the Galapagos Islands to Dubai port.
Reminds me of the Kingston Trio song about the MTA and the man who never returned. Except this is no laughing matter, and is very real.
Footnote: Bob Shane, last surviving member of the Kingston Trio passed away in January of this year. He was 85. https://bestclassicbands.com/bob-shane-obituary-kingston-trio-1-27-20/