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Cruise Industry Accuses CDC of Singling Out Sector With New Travel Advisory, Investigations
Newsweek ^ | 12/30/21 AT 2:06 PM EST | KATHERINE FUNG

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Travel
KEYWORDS: biden; cdc; coronavirus; covid19; cruises; dugwayduke; level4
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Oh yes, I have seen those crowds at the buffets, especially on Carnival ships cruising from Jacksonville, FL. But they do not look like welfare people. Jacksonville has lot of affluent minorities.


81 posted on 12/31/2021 10:46:07 AM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: Capt. Tom

Not even the famously successful smallpox vaccine prevented me from getting sick with smallpox 3 years later. But the vaccine did what all vaccines are supposed to do, which is to help fight virus AFTER infection, and thus reduce chances of getting seriously sick. I recovered from smallpox, a 30%+ mortality virus.

My local hospital publishes stats on people admitted with covid. Unvaxxed outnumber vaxxed by 5:1. Which is exactly what the vaccine is supposed to do, reduce chances of requiring hospitalization with serious symptoms.


82 posted on 12/31/2021 10:51:45 AM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: Tennessee Nana

YESSS! RCCL & MSC had day long stops on private islands, during my cruises in September an November this year.


83 posted on 12/31/2021 10:54:41 AM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: entropy12

It is NOT just the labor cost in the US, the employer has to match the payroll taxes, they have to pay increased work comp ins., they have to follow ungodly regulations, work comp regulations which are NEVER ENDING PLUS the minimum wage is continuously rising so it is NOT only the rising wages it is the matching deduction the employer has to meet!! The rising minimum wage does NOT help the employee,by the time the employee pays the higher cost of goods ect. and the HIGHER payroll taxes taken from them they never SEE the raise!! The ONLY entity seeing a damn raise is the damn government!! I honestly wish the SHEEP could see this!!


84 posted on 12/31/2021 3:01:55 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

You are exactly right. And all those regulations hurt smaller businesses more. Big business has the ability to hire more accountants to deal with government regulations. And big business hands out bigger political donations. So of course the government is going to favor big businesses.


85 posted on 01/01/2022 11:13:54 AM PST by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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