Hummm let’s use our brain hat for a sec...

Cronovirus has already sickened ships that can barely dock.

If true 300 sick with ordinary flu according to whom??

The rate this is spreading and if nefarious then ships packed with people would be your best spreader of the infection next to a highly populated city with no hygiene. The key is to keep people in dense close quarters with little means or access to good hygiene.

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