Generally the flu isn't deadly (yes it does kill some), same with norovirus. COVID kills. At best, COVID can have long term effects, unlike the flu or noro.
No sentiment to it, Just being realistic. My DIL works at a University Hospital that will be a storage/distribution facility for vaccines when they come out. If everything remains on the fast track, they project they will have transportation and storage systems in place (to keep the vaccine at the required -94 degrees F) to START vaccinating health care workers in the third quarter of 2021. Then at risk patients, then others. The issue isn't deciding who gets the vaccine, but having the vaccine approved, manufactured, transported and distributed. One hiccup in that process, it's delayed.
Which cruise lines? None of the majors that I am aware of. Most have canceled all cruises into 2021. Some tiny ships with less than 120 passengers and crew have sailed and it has not gone well.
Which cruise lines?
And all four have had covid-19 outbreaks. Too soon clearly.
MSC hasn't had any outbreak. Costa had one on a ship chartered to a French group - 8 guests out of thousands - and it was well contained with the protocols in place. AIDA had one earlier in the summer before the new protocols came in. Nothing since. TUI had a case of false positives in September, no actual infections.
It's not just someone's vacation desire. It's the airline and airport employees that get you there. It's the hotel employees where you'll stay before your cruise. It's the restaurants that depend on vacation travelers. The rental car people and mechanics. Finally it's the DCL crew that have families to support many who come from 3rd world economies and depend on US tourist dollars. People are running or have run out of cash! I agree with previous poster who said this was a knee jerk reaction to one small cruise line's issues.
I agree that we should have taken strong actions MONTHS ago to save lives and incomes. But I'm not sure how many cruise ship workers at this point want or will be allowed by their home nations to return to work. I'm sorry , how on earth can anything be knee jerk with 180,000 new cases in the U.S. in the last 24 hours? ICUs are at capacity with covid-19 patients in many parts of the U.S.
Not an outbreak - just a single case. Out of 1000s on board across months of sailings.
Yes. third quarter of 2021 for all healthcare workers to be vaccinated. And yes, that is if Fauci's best case statement of the vaccine beginning to be available in December of January. It is going to take months to manufacture, transport all those vaccines and vaccinate people. Other industries have survived major setbacks and YEARS of losing money. Look at Ford, Chrysler and General Motors.
