Posted on 12/13/2020 7:41:18 AM PST by Capt. Tom
Have you thought about getting your vaccine passport in order? Because it could very well be a requirement from the cruise lines that you must be immune to COVD-19 before sailing.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings CEO Frank Del Rio said the company already has its lawyers looking at the legal side of requiring guests to show they have been vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine.
Cruise Industry Will Have To Build Confidence First Before we see any significant changes in how the cruise industry can operate, they will need to show that cruising can be done safely.
This confidence will need to be instilled in the guests that the cruise lines hope to welcome on board, especially the various government agencies worldwide. Few countries will want to allow cruise ships into their coastal waters unless they are confident in the safety measures implemented.
The vaccine will be a hugely important step for cruise lines, but also the airline industry, and the entire hospitality industry, according to NCLH CEO Frank Del Rio who spoke to Travel Leaders Group during a Zoom call:
“There is talk beginning to emerge from different corners of the travel industry, the airlines as well, of requiring some kind of immunity passport demonstrating that you’ve had the virus or been vaccinated so that you are good to go.”
According to Del Rio, the cruise company will require crew members to be vaccinated no matter what:
“It will certainly be a requirement for the crew, but it’s too early to tell whether we have the legal standing to mandate that you take a vaccine to come onboard — lawyers are looking at it as we speak. We have to build confidence in our customers and among ourselves that it’s safe to cruise.”
Cruise Lines Mandate For Vaccine Not Alone It could very well be that a mandate from Cruise Lines to travel with this ‘immunity passport’ will not stand alone and be a requirement for international travel.
Those wishing to take a cruise abroad and thus fly internationally will need to be vaccinated. This was said last week by Qantas President and Ceo Alan Joyce: “I think that’s going to be a common thing talking to my colleagues in other airlines around the globe.”
The fear is from others in the aviation and cruise industry that a blanket vaccination rule from authorities would do the same to travel as lockdowns, creating more hardship for already struggling industries.
Debts Are Building The most crucial factor is the following: Does the cruise industry have time to wait until 70-80% of the world population is vaccinated. At this time, projections seem to suggest that this would not be the case until July or August at the earliest.
With an industry hemorrhaging money, it would be unlikely many cruise lines will be able to sit still for another 8-9 months without building up huge debts. There is a good chance the cruise industry will not restart in the US due to the issues with the CDC’s framework but would do so in Europe, as Frank Del Rio made clear this week:
“We hope that the pandemic will ease and we can work out our differences with the CDC to start in mid to late March, it’s a long shot, but I want to keep that possibility as long as I see a possibility.
“I think there is a good chance that Europe will be open to cruising in the April to May time frame.”
Vaccine Will Be Paramount For Cruising Whether an immunity passport is implemented, it seems inevitable that there will be a considerable amount of debate on the issue in the upcoming months.
As more and more data becomes available on the vaccine programs, we will hopefully see growing confidence in the vaccine and, consequently, the cruise industry.
Whether you like it or not, the vaccine is and will be a hugely important factor in a successful resumption of cruising worldwide. Whether we will see a full resumption in 2021 is up to the air at the moment, yet we remain hopeful.
And there is opposition to these present vaccines growing, and will reduce the number of willing passengers. -Tom
It’s going to be required to enter a movie, a concert,
soon a shopping mall, a market. Maybe even they will try to enforce it for entering a house of worship.
Maybe that’s what this faux pandemic has been all about from the start: control.
There’s lots of speculation about needing “papers please” to do a lot of things. All to bring about control of people.
I have no problem with these companies imposing even the most ludicrous requirements for their customers. Anyone who values a stupid cruise more than their own liberty can’t disappear fast enough for me.
You may have a point there, since Economics and jobs and businesses ,and peoples freedoms doesn't seem to be a factor in worrying about a flu virus that is not that fatal. -Tom
Capt. Tom wrote: “IMHO requiring a covid vaccine before boarding a cruise ship would cause months more in delays for the Cruise Lines to make an economic comeback, and they can’t afford that, without doing some reorganizing. (bankruptcies)”
Requiring a covid vaccination is little different than requiring any other vaccination as is required for many destination.
There are many of us who will not cruise if masks, social distancing, etc., are prerequisites. Vaccination appears to be the only alternative to those protocols.
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Yep.
I was made to take a Yellow Fever as well as a Diphtheria vaccination before they would take me to Ethiopia.
So the legal requirement is no problem.
It may be ill advised economically. Why not just quarantine for 14 days upon return?
I suspect a lot of these companies are really just looking for ways to cover their own asses and protect themselves from lawsuits in the event of an outbreak on one of their ships.
Before you can start where I am working, you have to have a negative Covid test. This is a new policy.
I don't care about Cruise restrictions.
Flight restrictions are a different story.
There are a variety of problems with a blanket requirement:
- There is no proof how long the vaccine works.
- Children don't need it.
- The vaccine is contraindicated for many.
I worry about employers requiring the vaccination in order to retain your job.
Tell the boss you’re a Muslim and can’t take the shot until after Rama-lama-ding-dong.
"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."
End Times - Globalism - One World Government - Compliance - Submission to the The False Prophet - Satan.
This is why the Globalists hate Trump and he must be destroyed by any means necessary. He is fighting darkness.
What would Popeye do?
Eventually, if you have a smart phone number, that’s where the Hall Pass will be required (even if you don’t carry the phone). That might get pretty hard to fake. Going Galt looks more and more attractive.
“What would Popeye do?”
Popeye would by his on cruising yacht. I am buying a 30 foot sailing yacht. Only need one big enough for me and my wife.
I don’t need no stinking vaccine.
It’s not difficult to see where this is going. Virus fear equals further government controls. It’s strange to see conservatives surprised at each step along the way.
Testing accuracy? And, test negative now and five minutes later you’re positive.
I’m self-employer, and I’ve had a banner year in 2020 partly because I REFUSED to agree to the COVID protocols of my biggest client. When I explained to them why I couldn’t agree to those terms, they realized how much of a pain in the ass the whole thing is ... and they handed my company a major assignment that would have been too unwieldy for them to do themselves under their own stupid restrictions.
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