CDC Sends Letter to Cruise Industry loosening requirements for restart!

https://fortune.com/2021/04/01/its-official-vaccinated-people-dont-transmit-covid-19/?fbclid=IwAR1zDaEIPuVNBfo7PFR0uDRl1pQ4CQoCcvQcTi86qeiGiLBA5WwnxnGHHLM

BUT----

"Vaccinated people can still be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and suffer the symptoms of COVID-19, though this happens at a much reduced rate and severity, and vaccination eliminates the risk of death.

But the most important part of the recent CDC findings is that vaccinated people are very unlikely to suffer asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections. Participants in the study who were fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines were 90% less likely to be infected with SARS-CoV-2. Of infections that did occur, only 10.7 percent were asymptomatic. Taken together, this means vaccinated people are highly unlikely to transmit the virus when they are not suffering symptoms. This also means that as vaccination rates continue to rise, the virus will have fewer and fewer possible hosts."

I did see that RC is requiring passengers 18 and over to be vaccinated and those under to have a negative test prior to boarding.. I am not certain if that is here in the U.S. or not. I did a quick Google search in the car rider line this morning to see if there were any changes overnight. I think the more family-oriented lines should go that route, a lot of us have already booked several times, and paid them off.

I'd be good with that.. just gotta make sure the little ones wash, sanitize etc. Thankfully my kid is weird and loves to do all of those things, esp on the ship. They have those cool handwashing stations..he had more fun with those than doing regular kid stuff

Yea, I agree Yankee. I believe that this virus is here to stay. And we will always witness a case or two on board, of the same virus we see now or a variant thereof. But hopefully, with border line herd immunity this all will be relegated to isolated cases. The virus then, will be no different on board than somebody coming down with a hard case of the flu, or cough, etc. There will be no possibility that the virus will sweep through like it did on the Diamond Princess a year ago. In other words---"We may never achieve long-term global herd immunity for COVID. But if we’re all vaccinated, we’ll be safe from the worst"

https://theconversation.com/we-may-never-achieve-long-term-global-herd-immunity-for-covid-but-if-were-all-vaccinated-well-be-safe-from-the-worst-159821

First,, I havent seen exact requirements either, but I'd bet they have them. But they better release them direct to everyone who already has a booking or makes one. That "limited capacity" thang is going to cause problems.....

Second KENN...et al....I will bet real money that virtually every single cruise sailing will have a case or three on board...no matter what they do...I could make money, but I'd have to lay some rediculous odds...anyone who thinks they can sail clean should never even walk past a casino...heheheheh

I don't think many have released the requirement info yet.. I think NCL has but I may have the cruise line incorrect.

I didnt see anything in the article about their Vaccine requirements. Anyone have any insight?

I keep noticing comment that cruise lines operating out of ports other than in the U.S. have successfully completed cruises. I'm skeptical of that, but then I might be in error. All I see is that the cruise lines are booking future cruises. Booking is not sailing.

My hopes rest with total vaccinations on board. I think then and only then, if we are fortunate, that we might see normalization of cruising on the horizon. However, the cruise industry is dependent upon investor confidence. Sailing with 8000 guests and crew on board then having to turn back, then picking up the tab for all ensuing costs, certainly isn't going to inspire wall street.

So, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. This news ain't what I want to read either--- https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2021/05/articles/disease/deja-vu-cruise-ship-docks-in-yokohama-with-covid-19-case/?fbclid=IwAR3hFjvd8ctQqe10RpB_XsAu-NnZHORKF3Dn_q2yY0yw1QK0TVFJwBZpKBU

We've been down the road, but this is the most action we've seen since they started blowing smoke a year ago.

Ops crew vaccines are a great first step.

OK, we got the new of a relaxation of conditions. Great, very encouraging. But what is the next step is from here? Are the lines going to immediately start crewing up? Or are they still waiting for something else from the CDC to get the wheels turning? If so, and if the CDC comes out with whatever the lines need in a timely manner, then I think the ball is finally rolling. But if this is like the past, where an announcement is followed by a few weeks of silence, well then we're all just smoking a pipe filled with hope-ium. I'm not trying to be a downer here, but we've been down this road before.

I guess the term "we'll see" has never been more apt.

I was at exactly 2 years when I got to "escape" to the condo in Ft Myers....and lay new floors :Facepalm:...at least I got out of NY and got to the beach a few times...even if I had to give a Video Deposition for work