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how 'death ships' spread disease through the ages

  • Written by Joy Damousi, Director, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
how 'death ships' spread disease through the agesCushing/Whitney Medical Library

One of the haunting images of this pandemic will be stationary cruise ships – deadly carriers of COVID-19 – at anchor in harbours and unwanted. Docked in ports and feared.

The news of the dramatic spread of the virus on the Diamond Princess from early February made the news real for many Australians...

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