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CDC Clarifies Letter to Cruise Lines
The CDC issued a clarification of their letter to the cruise lines to Cruise Industry News this afternoon and stated that it looks at a timeline of passenger voyages by mid-July.
According to Caitlin Shockey, CDC spokesperson, over the past month, senior leadership from the CDC has met twice-weekly with representatives from cruise lines to discuss the Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO). Within these meetings, participants asked questions and discussed the fastest path back to sailing without compromising safety, she said. Today, in response to the industry’s feedback, the CDC announced five key clarifications with the existing CSO framework.
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Like so many of these issues there is a conflict between reality and law.
On a ship you are in close quarters. Not only that the crew is from all over the world.
We know about stuff like legionnaires disease. I expect, as much as possible the cruse lines do their best to prevent disease as well as suppressing news that may be negative, from getting out. On a ship it may or may not be possible to get you off by helicopter.
The destination may or may not chose to let a ship with people who are ill land in their country.
All life involves risk. You can get hit by a car going to get a vaccine. Such is life.