I've learned to take books like this with a grain of salt because, despite being nonfiction, authors often can't resist putting in their own biases and thoughts, both of which are not facts.

I've never heard of this ship before and, if all of the information presented is factual, it's a crazy story. For me, personally, social distancing was easy because I was used to doing so my entire life. Seeing how upset people got by being stuck in their homes was very confusing to me. I still don't understand it.

But to be trapped on a ship in the middle of the sea, far away from the comforts of home, not knowing if you would be the next one struck down by an illness that no one really knows anything about... god, that must have been terrifying. They had to rely on the staff, most of whom were also sick. 

If I was there, I don't think I would have been able to force myself to eat that food and if I was stuck in a small cabin with my mom, the only person I'd travel with, for that long... we would honestly murder each other. Like, not even joking lmao

Crazy story. The narrator and author did a great job of telling the story without making it seem like a boring history lecture.