Posted on 12/29/2021 7:48:09 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski
In a second coronavirus outbreak in less than a week, 55 fully vaccinated crew members and passengers on Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey of the Seas ship that set sail Saturday from Fort Lauderdale have contracted the pandemic disease, the cruise line confirmed late Wednesday.
The ship was denied entry to the island nations of Curacao and Aruba. It will remain at sea until its planned return Dec. 26 to Fort Lauderdale, a Royal Caribbean spokesperson said. The ship had docked on Sunday at CocoCay, Royal Caribbean’s private island in the Bahamas. The remaining two stops on the eight-day cruise were supposed to be Curacao and Aruba.
On Saturday, another Royal Caribbean ship, Symphony of the Seas, had docked in PortMiami with at least 48 cases of COVID-19 among passengers and crew. The spike of cases of COVID-19 in Florida comes as the omicron variant is spreading rapidly around the world, causing a worrying number of breakthrough infections among the fully vaccinated. The latest variant, which only emerged in America on Nov. 22, is now the dominant strain…
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Just don’t understand the mindset of someone who’d book a vacation on a floating petri-dish, during a “panic-demic”, and at a time of randomly changing policies and restrictions. Geez, might as well just vacation to North Korea to steal a state flag souvenir.
I guess some passengers will be able to see the islands from their portholes. Lol
You’re right on about those ships being giant petri-dishes.
Somewhere I heard the saying ‘You just can’t fix stupid’ The same goes for people voting for socialism, it never worked in the past and probably never will in the future.
I agree! I think it was a bit scary, way before covid, but I’m a recovered “germaphobe” (a former fear projected on to my dear, late RN mom. Ha!).
*(projected ON to me...)
We did a five day last October it was a great trip ship less than half full we were fine
I’m still a germaphobe having traveled in Latin America and after receiving a free all expenses year long trip to the jungles of SE Asia 50 years ago. Lol
THAT would be a huge plus! Where did you guys go?
Ha ha! I was born in ‘63, so it took me a while to compute that! 😜 (I, thankfully, figured it out, just in time, before making an ass out of myself in responding “That sounds soooo cool!...” Ugh.)
I understand. You’re a good man, LittleBillyInfidel.
And I see you’re in Colorado...same as me. We need all the good people we can get here.
Happy New Year!
Why would anybody go on a cruise in this environment?
Go on a cruise, they said!
You'll have fun, they said!
You'll meet fun people and eat as much as you want, they said!Everyone is vaxxed, they said!
Video onboard a covid cruise, showing the overwhelming joy of cruising.
Thank you for that, Laplata! Yeah, I’m up here in the mountains of Sedalia, near Devil’s Head.
Happy New Year, to you!...and thank you for your service. I can’t imagine what you must have seen or endured.
On the other hand, Ivermectin does.
Given the choice between experimental gene therapy and a pill that wiped COVID's ass in a state in India with 214,000,000 people, which would you choose?
"Vaccinated"
Thanks very much, L...B...I. I appreciate that.
You live in a beautiful area.
Happy New Year!
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