Posted on 06/20/2021 9:38:51 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
Recent reports of COVID-19 infections aboard cruise ships — along with simple math — suggest that it will be nearly impossible for any cruise line to return to the seas without the coronavirus lurking.
All vaccines are less than 100% effective, so chances are strong that at least some passengers will be infected among the thousands aboard even “fully vaccinated” voyages.
Chances of more severe outbreaks are even greater in light of a court ruling Friday in favor of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who wants to stop cruise lines from requiring vaccinations.
Cruise lines faced with infections will have to perform a delicate balancing act of preventing the virus’ spread while minimizing inconveniences to uninfected passengers and crew members.
Failure to succeed on either front could spark a public relations nightmare and diminish consumers’ confidence in cruise lines’ abilities to protect passengers, experts say.
Looming over the industry’s resumption is a shared desire of industry workers, health officials and passengers to avoid a replay of the gut-wrenching drama of spring 2020, when outbreaks turned numerous ships at sea into disaster zones.
Bob Jarvis, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University, says the industry should expect infections to occur on every ship.
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The vaxxed dont want the unvaxxed on the same ship because they dont want to wear masks and they dont want to social distance or have to take any precautions...
Yes I can see where they cant avoid an outbreak even with 100% vaxxed...
Their selfishness and prejudice is not going to save them from that possibility...
Joe’s been letting in viruses through our Southern border...
But Hey !!! Its OK cause they aint on a cruise ship...
WOW the people at passport agency must be really motivated LOL.
Mine took a long time as well, but not as long as yours.
I am glad TN you were able to find this thread.
Once again my computer has outflanked me and made my cruise ping list disappear.
As expected lots of jockeying around by several players in this cruise ship saga. -Tom
Based on your info, I started another cruise thread at:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3969526/posts
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