Posted on 12/30/2021 11:58:26 AM PST by Capt. Tom
The cruise industry is slamming the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over the agency's latest travel advisory recommending against cruise travel, which was announced after a series of COVID-19 cases were reported aboard dozens of ships.
"The decision by the CDC to raise the travel level for cruise is particularly perplexing considering that cases identified on cruise ships consistently make up a very slim minority of the total population onboard—far fewer than on land—and the majority of those cases are asymptomatic or mild in nature, posing little to no burden on medical resources onboard or onshore," the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) said in a Thursday statement shared with Newsweek.
On Thursday, the CDC updated the health notice for cruise ship travelers from level three to level four, which means the agency is now recommending that all Americans avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status.
"The virus that causes COVID-19 spreads easily between people in close quarters on board ships, and the chance of getting COVID-19 on cruise ships is very high, even if you are fully vaccinated and have received a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose," the CDC said.
On Thursday, CLIA accused the CDC of targeting the cruise industry even though rising cases of the virus have been reported in other sectors.
"No setting can be immune from this virus—however, it is also the case that cruise provides one of the highest levels of demonstrated mitigation against the virus," the CLIA said. "Cruise ships offer a highly controlled environment with science-backed measures, known testing and vaccination levels far above other venues or modes of transportation and travel, and significantly lower incidence rates than land."
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As the CDC moves in for the kill, the cruise lines fight back. -Tom
From what I’ve been seeing they’ve been kowtowing to the cdc the whole time......so....
Cruise lines did EVERYTHING by CDC guidelines, SCREW the CDC they have no idea what the hell they are doing!!! Vaccines are completely USELESS they are NOT vaccines in any way!!
Certainly. They cater to the short attention span crowd that installed our current socialist moron.
On Thursday, CLIA accused the CDC of targeting the cruise industry even though rising cases of the virus have been reported in other sectors.
Give it time cruise industry, give it time
I dont fell sorry for the cruise lines this time ... the so called ‘protocols’ called for only vaxxed to cruise and the cruise lines discriminated against the unvaxxed eventhough they werent the only ones spreading the virus ...now with no unvaxxed they have more ships with the Wu Hu Flu than ever ...
Cruise industry SHOULD flood the ships with ivermectin, HCQ, ect. they are NOT under USA laws which is WHY they do not hire American citizens for staff!!
“From what I’ve been seeing they’ve been kowtowing to the cdc the whole time......so....”
They wouldn’t be allowed to enter ports without following CDC guidelines.
HaHaHa! Been waiting for them to scream.
If the vaccines keep people safe from ‘severe illness’ and everyone on board is vaccinated, what is the problem?
Good. Enough with this nonsense. The worst thing the cruise lines could do right now is knuckle under to these criminal bureaucrats.
I’m not even a cruise enthusiast (I have been on a total of one) but it’s obvious to anybody with half a brain the this is all media and bureaucrat hype.
The CDC is trying to scare the public & it’s working with democrats I know.
Posted on 1/24/2021, 2:31:27 PM by Jim Robinson
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“they do not hire American citizens for staff”
Well, that’s not exactly accurate but in my experience as cruise ship staff Americans certainly are in the minority
The CDC will punish the unvaxxed as usual ... if they dont close down the cruise lines they will extend the CSO Conditional Sail order past Jan 15 ...
When my friends cruised in late Nov early Dec they were advised to bring N95 masks they had some ...The CDC will probably require them ...
I agree.
I am unvaccinated because I cannot find a vaccine that works against this virus. And I am old (86) and have plenty of comorbidities. -Tom
“..now with no unvaxxed they have more ships with the Wu Hu Flu than ever ..”
Not compared to the earlier outbreaks.
Piss off grandma.
The vaxxed passengers talked ugly and smugly about the unvaxxed proud they could cruise ‘safely’ They wouldnt listen to anyone telling them they could still get and spread the virus ...
Finally maybe they are believers ...
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