THIS BIZNESS ABOUT PROVING YOUR COVID STATUS TO CRUISE...

Who said "never let a crisis go to waste?" some body in here????? heheheheheh

Covid licenses and passports sounds like a good thing, but the amount of time and resources involved with putting together such a program with all the necessary checks and security features doesn't sound practical to me in the short term (12-18 months)

I had posted on another board that there are now cell phone apps that can show vaccine data (I even posted a photo of one that I found online), but again, the coordination involved with bringing something like that to bear would be monumental. I had thought it could be "spun up" quickly if the private sector were brought in, but I have since been convinced by others that would not be the case.

While the vaccine cards are "quaint" in this day & age, others on this board have pointed out how easy it would be to forge them (right Yank?). Think about what it takes to get a passport, or even a drivers license. You would have to go through similar steps for a health license.

Unless you have verifiable and secure documentation, I don't think it will happen. Sometime in the future?..... yeah, maybe, but not in the near term. Probably after this pandemic has passed, and the mandatory 2 year government "investigation" as to what happened, and then the customary "follow-up study" to be better prepared next time.

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There's rumors of having COVID passports and licenses made which will include proof ov vaccination. I've already been vaccinated and still get tested weekly, so that's merely a formality to get proof

Then you're amongst the few who got their shots so easily and get tested weekly by your employer so that its become routine and a "non-event"....most of the rest of the population hasn't been innoculated yet, with no firm idea when they will be either. Theres whole countries to our immediate north and south who have barely started..Most of those of us who have gotten the shots had to jump thru hoops mixed wiith alot of dumb luck and patience to get it. Theres big parts of the country where getting "tested" can become an epic on its own...Clearly cruise lines have an agenda that says they'll do/say ANYTHING to get the CDC to let them sail, the devil with the details....

And I decided to waste some time this am looking up those "rumors" about so-called "covid passports" and such....I won't say its NEVER going to happen, or so unlikely that it might as well be never, but I'm tempted....

I mean...I'll take one of each vaccine if it means I can have a GD vacation...

Totally agree

There's rumors of having COVID passports and licenses made which will include proof ov vaccination. I've already been vaccinated and still get tested weekly, so that's merely a formality to get proof.

In the meantime, once everyone in my house gets vaccinated, I'm taking a photocopy of my card and keeping the original with my passport. All the cards will be laminated. I work in a different state, so proof of vaccination may be needed in order for me to get to work.

Interesting line of speculation! As with everything else, time will tell!

You're correct about all of it Yank. Human nature is what it is. But what alternatives do the cruise lines have? Your argument could be used by the CDC itself to halt cruising until the pandemic is declared to be ended, and only God knows when that would be.

In Europe they are testing upon embarkation. I know the arguments against the rapid swab test as not being as accurate as other more time consuming tests. I'm just stating that's how they're handling it over there. Our CDC probably will frown upon it, but if the lines could get that approved it would insulate them from liability. My opinion is that it will be a very heavy lift to get it approved.

I don't think mandatory vaccinations for passengers will happen until they have a vaccine for people under age 18. Maybe the adult only cruise lines would be able to get away with it, but I can't see the major lines telling parents they can't bring the kids along on their FAMILY VACATION because the tykes haven't been vaccinated. Last I heard a vaccine for anyone under the age of 18 won't be available until late fall. That timeline may have improved, but even so, it just means another delay if passenger vaccines become mandatory.

I agree it's a morass of muck that the lines are wading through trying to figure out how to get the boats back on the ocean. But if they can find some path forward, maybe we'll all be able to enjoy our favorite vacation pastime sooner rater than later.

well said....the gov't (ours, yours, and whatever other entity is issuing some kind of proof of "something") has a loooooong way to go before they decide to fob it off on people paying thousands to cruise....the cruise lines are in business to make $$ and make their stockholders happy...everything else is secondary..so they can dump yet another poorly thought out plan on paying passengers so the ships can sail...and figure out how to fix it later....