I have known a whole lot of people who recovered from the many bumps in life’s road . . . until they didn’t.
I’m really bad at predicting the future, but it’s possible that this most recent bump will be too big for the cruise industry. It’s also possible that the public has the attention span of a gnat and will happily go back to cruising with Norovirus as soon as Corona goes back to just being a cheap beer.
I think Dr. Lang would agree with you. -Tom
Dr. William Lang, chief medical officer of WorldClinic and former director of the White House Medical Unit said it’s important to separate the cruise industry from the rest of the travel industry during the current COVID crisis. A cruise ship is “substantially different” than a dry land environment, he said.
Add to that the possibility of being trapped at sea, if another onboard outbreak occurs. But that hasn’t stopped people from taking cruises after disease outbreaks in the past.
“What has been demonstrated time and time again, from various outbreaks and epidemics, is that people have a short memory,” Lang told MarketWatch.