Dames, notwithstanding one of you commenting a couple of pages back on 'inconsistent' safeguards against norovirus on the ship, for those of us who have not been on a cruise, how much of a concern do you perceive it to be?
Do you rate the chances of travellers on larger cruise ships coming down with this as minimal and hence exaggerated by the media, a real threat, or something in between?
Are older folks (say 70 plus) generally more at risk from what you observe as non-medical professionals or do you suspect it doesn't 'discriminate' by age, sex, ethnicity and so on? Do you find good standards of personal hygiene, apart from being commonsense, are the best way to minimise one's chances of being afflicted or if nonovirus is on the ship, will it 'get you' irrespective as to what precautions you take?