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Originally Posted by Bill14564
You are making assumptions and assertions that simply are not true!
Your HO is not relevant to what I feel is private. You seem to be one of those who would argue that if you have nothing to hide then there is no problem letting the police search your home. I feel the opposite; I will keep the smallest thing private because that is my right in this country!
Tell me again how my vaccination status is a "Public health issue" and is crucial to "maintain a safe environment for their crew and passengers." If the public and their crew and their passengers have taken appropriate precautions then I cannot be a risk to them regardless of my vaccination status. Vaccinated or not I cannot make them sick, their demand to know my status is only to satisfy their curiosity.
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Requiring proof of vaccination status has absolutely nothing to do with curiosity. Where in the world did you get that notion? Vaccination status of all those on board a cruise ship is a public health and safety issue to maintain as safe an environment as possible. I don't make those rules, the CDC and the cruise lines make the rules.
Let's face it.....a vaccinated person poses much less risk to those on board a cruise ship than an un-vaccinated person. If you plan to argue that fact, then we can go no further with this discussion.
You say that those on a cruise ship should "take appropriate precautions" regardless of your vaccine status. Are you suggesting that people should have to mask up, social distance and be denied entry to venues on the ship do to capacity limits? If that is what you are suggesting, I am totally against that train of thought. I will not pay for a cruise experience that will limit me in any way and deny me of a great vacation experience. I have been masking up for the entire time we have been asked to do so and I do not plan on having to mask up on vacation now that I am fully vaccinated. If that were the case, I'll not cruise until those restrictions are completely lifted. Land vacations, here I come!
The idea of having to vacation on a cruise ship and be mandated to all the safety protocols is exactly what I want to avoid. There are cruise lines that have agreed to sail with 100% vaccinated crew and passengers, at least for the start up of the cruise industry. Those cruise lines have every right to request proof of vaccine to assure their passengers and crew they are providing a safe environment WITHOUT having to impose all those pesky safety precautions that would have to be implemented if there are un-vaccinated people on board. In fact, ALL cruise lines will be requiring proof of vaccination to all those who are eligible for the vaccine so there is that.
This has nothing to do with "rights" and "freedoms". Get past that. There have always been mandated vaccines for travel and for attending school in person, so requiring proof of vaccination is nothing new in our country. In fact, there are currently colleges that are mandating vaccine proof to attend in person learning as long as alternatives are offered to un-vaccinated students. No vaccination? The students can not attend in person learning. This is just the way things will be for a while until this pandemic is behind us.
Your rights to not have to show proof of vaccine are not hampered in any way. You will have limits however. No proof of vaccine, you don't cruise and that is with all the cruise lines at this point in time unless you have documentation that you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical issues. Even cruise lines that will assure 100% vaccinated passengers will not allow those who have medical issues for vaccination or religious objectors to vaccines. That will certainly change in the future but not until this pandemic is behind us and the protocols for cruising change.