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The sole American passenger who had tested positive for hantavirus on the Dutch cruise Hondius has tested negative and moved from the biocontainment unit to a quarantine area with 15 other passengers; the Andes strain outbreak has killed three people and sickened several others, but the CDC says broad spread to the United States remains extremely unlikely, though clinicians should be alert for imported cases.
A new cruise-ship trend called Mrs. Roper Romps has travelers dressing as the flamboyant Mrs. Roper from Three's Company, complete with orange wigs, oversized sunglasses, and multicolor muumuus. Major lines like Royal Caribbean, Holland America, and Carnival are embracing the fad, which is usually organized via social media before sailings and includes bar crawls, deck walks, and photo ops. The craze began in LGBTQ celebrations (Southern Decadence in New Orleans, later San Diego) in 2013 and has evolved into a full-on cruising culture where fans even dress as Mr. Roper or Mr. Furley.