I read it.
I have free-range, organic, all natural antibodies. They are at least, and according to recent research, if not MORE effective than vaccine immunity.
However, there are additional risks for people who have already had Covid and then get vaccinated.
Risks I do not care to take.
For cruise ships or other entities to focus only on those who are vaccinated vs those who have already had Covid is the opposite of “following the science”.
I believe you entirely. Best way to build immunity is to get a mild exposure to any virus. That is how I survived growing up in India which has plenty of viruses going around.
However when they are boarding 3000-4000 passengers in 3 hours on a cruise ship, there is not enough time to test every passenger. A vaccine document is much faster to process.
So yes, you may not need the vaccine. But you might miss out on participating in some activities.
Two disagreements on your statement. The cruise lines aren't focusing only on the vaccinated, the CDC is. They issue the certificates allowing the lines to sail from the US, and it "suggests" 95% vaccinated. The "following the science" problem rests with the CDC. And the underlying problem there likely rests with the unreliability of the tests. At the very least you'd have to equate a vaccination with a positive covid antibodies test. Which makes sense to me. Would you tell me I'm crazy if I suggested perhaps every positive covid test would not result in a positive antibody test? Nor might tests of covid deaths if they'd done them rather than rely on symptoms. If we still had investigative reporters in this country there's a story there. And I'm not blaming hospitals who labeled covid as a contributor to death, impacting compensation. Or the relative inaccuracy of testing. And if covid is like other communicable diseases, mild cases might not trigger an antibody test unless the standards are set low. But clearly I agree with you, a positive antibody test should be the same as vaccination but might expose other things.