They will be quarantined along with their healthy contacts.
This cruise line seems to have a "Stop the world, I want to get off" reaction to a COVID out break. But remember this is an American flagged cruise ship and is subject to American filed lawsuits by the other passengers. - Tom
Pathetic.
The cruise industry is screwed. I hate to say it, but even prior to Covid it was the #1 hotspot for outbreaks of norovirus and other more common illnesses.
We are now learning that even the vaccine does not stop you from getting the virus although it can mitigate the illness for some. Full disclosure, the fine print never said it prevented you from getting the virus.
If I owned a cruise line I would do a prophylactic cruise where everyone agrees to take the remedies before they board the boat (and during the cruise if more than 3 days). Somebody should try that idea to save the industry because under the current guidelines and public health policy the ships will remain idle.
Huh?
Were all 3 fully vaccinated?
Were they showing any symptoms?
if a virus doesn’t show any symptoms... is it really a threat?
Hmmmm.....so much for THAT requirement.
There are approximately a zillion diseases one could catch every day. On board ship or anywhere. Certainly some more lethal than COVID.
COVID just has a better press agent.
America is now operating like a grade school teacher making the whole class stay after school because one kid misbehaved.
Knowing this, the cruise lines are trying to dance a very fine line. They need capacity cruises to get into the black financially, but every cruise represents a gamble because their entire business model involves being allowed to cycle as many people through their floating disease incubators as they can.
It's probably not so much of a gamble for the patrons, there are plenty of people out there just itching to get on a boat and turn off their brains for a week, covid be damned, and they accept the risks that go along with it. It's those government bureaucrats that think their entire job is to eliminate danger and risk from the world that are the real threat. Turn off a segment of customers and you market to a different segment. Become a concern of the government and there's no other government you can market to as an alternative.
To be fair and appear impartial they should start testing people leaving grocery stores. When someone tests positive shut the store down.
I’d live to see more info on the testing protocol in use. Saliva vs nasal, cycle threshold info, etc.
If I was one of the people getting locked up, I’d be getting a second opinion using a private lab.
Hubby and I went on a 7 day cruise to Alaska in 2015. Crew was all over us to use the foam hand cleaner that was stationed all over the boat. One morning, I wanted to sleep in a little and our housekeeping person was beside herself urging us out of the stateroom. While Alaska was beautiful, I could not wait to get off that boat. Never again
I really want to take a cruise for the first time. I appreciate & enjoy your threads.
You MUST take this “vaccine” because otherwise you will get the virus, but if you take the “vaccine” you will still get the virus. Makes a lot of sense doesn’t it?
Paranoia is going to kill the cruise industry.
Pinging entropy12. Hope your cruise goes better than this...
Interesting that they required vaccines for the passengers but not the crew. And goes to show that the “vaccine” does not create immunity and is mostly worthless as a preventive course of action for the CCP flu. It would have been more interesting if the entire crew were vaccinated. Then what would they do?
Ridiculous. Norovirus is more harmful than the Election Virus.
The test gives 90% false positives. Much damage has been done in the name of the test.
Keep the info coming Capt Tom!