The vessel was locked down in an attempt to stymie any potential spread of the highly contagious disease that’s sickening people in the United States at a record pace, fueled by anti-vaccination misinformation.
By Reis Thebault Reis Thebault National and breaking news reporter Email Bio Follow May 1 at 10:56 PM Health officials on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia have quarantined a cruise ship after discovering a case of measles on board, the country’s top doctor said Tuesday.
The island has avoided an outbreak of the disease locally since 1990, the acting national epidemiologist, Dr. Michelle Francois, said in another statement. But as measles cases continue to surge in the United States and other areas with tourism ties to St. Lucia, residents have been bracing themselves, fearing the virus could find its way there aboard plane or boat.
A video tour of the glitzy ship, posted to Scientology’s YouTube page in 2013, promises a “distraction-free environment for ministering the highest level of spiritual counseling available in the Scientology religion” — so-called “auditing,” which involves a crude lie detector device and the revealing of one’s deepest, most intimate secrets and fears.
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