[OmniTours]

CDC no longer warning travelers about risk of contracting COVID on cruise ships after 2 years


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its risk assessment of cruise travel Wednesday after more than two years of warning travelers against the dangers of contracting COVID-19 on a cruise amid the pandemic.

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[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by OmniTours

CDC no longer warning travelers about risk of contracting COVID on cruise ships after 2 years


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its risk assessment of cruise travel Wednesday after more than two years of warning travelers against the dangers of contracting COVID-19 on a cruise amid the pandemic.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

More than about time, especially considering that recent outbreaks have been among the vaccinated. I recall reading not long ago of an outbreak in a ship that had been "100% vaccinated", crew and passengers.

[Babubhat]

Yet ships continue to have lots of cases. No thanks

[Sparty6971]

Catching something contagious on a cruise ship is always a possible event, be it a common cold, the flu, Norovirus, or a coronavirus such as Covid-19. Regardless of some press reports, "outbreaks" of Covid-19 are quite limited now. It would not be nice to be the one or two that get it but your odds are very small to be one of them. We've been on two cruises since November 2021. The Thanksgiving cruise was two weeks - no crew or passengers were diagnosed. The crew was tested no less than once per week and had a 100% negative outcome. The second cruise was March 2022; again, no crew members were diagnosed. One passenger was diagnosed during testing for a back-to-back cruise in and out of Tampa. The ship then had to test everyone possibly in close contact with that person and all were negative.

Is it possible to get Covid-19 during a cruise, either from the ship-board people or from someone at the ports you stop at? Sure it's possible and as I said that's a question everyone must consider, particularly if they are immunocompromised. My thought is we must start treating this virus like the flu - take precautions but don't let it ruin your life by making you hide in your personal cave the rest of your life.

Let the hating begin.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Sparty6971

Catching something contagious on a cruise ship is always a possible event, be it a common cold, the flu, Norovirus, or a coronavirus such as Covid-19. Regardless of some press reports, "outbreaks" of Covid-19 are quite limited now. It would not be nice to be the one or two that get it but your odds are very small to be one of them. We've been on two cruises since November 2021. The Thanksgiving cruise was two weeks - no crew or passengers were diagnosed. The crew was tested no less than once per week and had a 100% negative outcome. The second cruise was March 2022; again, no crew members were diagnosed. One passenger was diagnosed during testing for a back-to-back cruise in and out of Tampa. The ship then had to test everyone possibly in close contact with that person and all were negative.

Is it possible to get Covid-19 during a cruise, either from the ship-board people or from someone at the ports you stop at? Sure it's possible and as I said that's a question everyone must consider, particularly if they are immunocompromised. My thought is we must start treating this virus like the flu - take precautions but don't let it ruin your life by making you hide in your personal cave the rest of your life.

Let the hating begin.

Thanks for sharing your experience

[tophcfa]

Ya, the CDC changed their guidance. Let’s go do something incredibly stupid.

[keepsake]

So -- biggest question of the year. When do the unvaxxed get to cruise ??

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by keepsake

So -- biggest question of the year. When do the unvaxxed get to cruise ??

When they get vaccinated?

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by OmniTours

CDC no longer warning travelers about risk of contracting COVID on cruise ships after 2 years


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its risk assessment of cruise travel Wednesday after more than two years of warning travelers against the dangers of contracting COVID-19 on a cruise amid the pandemic.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Probably stopped warning people after more than two years because they figured if anyone is so stupid to not understand the risk by now than Darwin’s Law applies.

[Andyb]

That’s because several ships with 100% vaccinated passengers had outbreaks of COV!D. The CDC has lied to Americans since the beginning.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Andyb

That’s because several ships with 100% vaccinated passengers had outbreaks of COV!D. The CDC has lied to Americans since the beginning.

I don't know if "lie" is the correct word. Maybe "acting in good faith with information that was less then accurate" is a better fit. The problem with any bureaucracy though is that once a course is set, the bureaucracy in question has a VERY hard time deviating from it in the slightest when new or updated information is available, and the CDC is certainly no exception to that.

[maistocars]

Originally Posted by OmniTours

CDC no longer warning travelers about risk of contracting COVID on cruise ships after 2 years


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its risk assessment of cruise travel Wednesday after more than two years of warning travelers against the dangers of contracting COVID-19 on a cruise amid the pandemic.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Yup, just last week, another cruise ship got overwhelmed with CV cases. Another ghost is given up.

[Aloha1]

Cruising is a personal choice. You don't want to cruise fine, but many of us enjoy being at sea. We just came back from a 10 day south Caribbean cruise and had a great time. No issues. You have a greater risk going to Publix.

[Petersweeney]

The hundred year flu….

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by maistocars

Yup, just last week, another cruise ship got overwhelmed with CV cases. Another ghost is given up.

Overwhelmed? I do not think it was that great an outbreak.