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Old 05-11-2021, 08:59 AM
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Are you serious? I am vacinated now but I never stopped travelling completely. You have to live your life. Never got the Covid, and am glad. Just ready for them to get rid of the worthless masks. There are ZERO studies that show masks work for Covid-19 but some people feel they are somehow sacred. Get your vaccine and lets all move on. I am sure there are a lot of people going to be travelling this summer!
Yep, I have never stopped traveling either. Had a couple excellent vacations in England in early summer, and Dominican Republic in the fall months as well.

My post was to see how many people in TV were prepared to crawl out of their self-imposed exile and join the human race.

It's amazing how many are still drinking the kool-aid.....
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Yep, I have never stopped traveling either. Had a couple excellent vacations in England in early summer, and Dominican Republic in the fall months as well.

My post was to see how many people in TV were prepared to crawl out of their self-imposed exile and join the human race.

It's amazing how many are still drinking the kool-aid.....
I personally know of 5 people that didn't drink the kool-aid who are now dead thanks to Covid. Contrary to what some people want to believe, it really does exist and is deadly for senior citizens.
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I've traveled at least half my life. I am LIVING my vacation in The Villages. Disney World for seniors. I don't need or want to cruise a bunch of fake islands and tourist traps to enjoy my life. I saw, witnessed, enjoyed the foreign nationals in their home environment without the "tourist" traps. I am perfectly content to enjoy myself here. AND if I ever get the urge to visit another country again, I can take a quick trip to Epcot to remind me of what I have LIVED for many years. You can't go to any country in the world where you won't observe American T shirts with writing in English, hear American rock songs and see American automobiles. If you ride a cruise ship to enjoy the buffet food, just take a trip to Golden Corral. If you cruise to use the gambling facilities, there are casinos within an hour drive from the Villages. Sorry if I am a downer for some, but the truth is that you are gambling your health when you go on those cruise lines. Look at how many come back every year to port with at least half the passengers coming home with some illness. Similar to folks that fly a lot. Look at how many folks that fly get to their destination and have a cold or flu. For what? To enjoy a duplicate of home away from home?
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I personally know of 5 people that didn't drink the kool-aid who are now dead thanks to Covid. Contrary to what some people want to believe, it really does exist and is deadly for senior citizens.
That's what happens to anti-vaxxers.
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Look at how many come back every year to port with at least half the passengers coming home with some illness. Similar to folks that fly a lot.
NONE - totally false.

Absolutely totally false.


Never, ever, has a cruise or a flight come back with half the passengers sick from something. But I agree, for some people, it's better to live in a shell.

I travel internationally and often and will never stop if I can help it.
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I've taken 3 trips already two to Nevada and one to Biloxi.
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Might as well travel now. Who knows what problems that mRNA vaccine might do to you 2 or 3 years from now.
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Old 05-11-2021, 12:29 PM
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NONE - totally false.

Absolutely totally false.


Never, ever, has a cruise or a flight come back with half the passengers sick from something. But I agree, for some people, it's better to live in a shell.

I travel internationally and often and will never stop if I can help it.

Not quite false. Several cruises have returned with all kinds of illnesses. Not that I care, since I do not do cruises. I don't have to list many examples to prove my point, but here is one from last year:



Caribbean Princess Returns To Port Everglades After 300+ Passengers Get Sick – CBS Miami
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You can go anywhere without being vaccinated. Even if you are vaccinated, you can still get Covid or transmit the disease to others.
NOT true!!!!!!
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NONE - totally false.

Absolutely totally false.


Never, ever, has a cruise or a flight come back with half the passengers sick from something. But I agree, for some people, it's better to live in a shell.

I travel internationally and often and will never stop if I can help it.
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Not quite false. Several cruises have returned with all kinds of illnesses. Not that I care, since I do not do cruises. I don't have to list many examples to prove my point, but here is one from last year:



Caribbean Princess Returns To Port Everglades After 300+ Passengers Get Sick – CBS Miami
You'll have to find a better example. The second paragraph of your article notes that "345 passengers of the 3,035 passengers (11.4%)" were sick. That isn't even close to half.
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Not quite false. Several cruises have returned with all kinds of illnesses. Not that I care, since I do not do cruises. I don't have to list many examples to prove my point, but here is one from last year:



Caribbean Princess Returns To Port Everglades After 300+ Passengers Get Sick – CBS Miami
Norovirus happens once in awhile - 10% of the ship gets a bit ill. But it is rare..
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If You’re Vaccinated, You Can Live Your Life Again. It Really Is That Simple.
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Are you serious? I am vacinated now but I never stopped travelling completely. You have to live your life. Never got the Covid, and am glad. Just ready for them to get rid of the worthless masks. There are ZERO studies that show masks work for Covid-19 but some people feel they are somehow sacred. Get your vaccine and lets all move on. I am sure there are a lot of people going to be travelling this summer!
WE were on the verge of having CV drop close to zero in the US. That would have been wonderful, but the anti-vaxxers got stubborn and started reading propaganda started in Moscow - Russia lives to develop wedges in US society. So, they invade us with disinformation on dark media and an almost normal TV channel. It has worked and the vaccine-hesitant and the anti-vaxxers have absorbed this propaganda. (you can read it parroted on this forum). So, the US is screwed because we will NOT get close to CV zero cases.

I will wear a mask when I am inside to fight against the propaganda against masks and vaccines. I will wear a mask to honor the over 200,000 Americans who died needlessly early in the Pandemic, when we tried to pretend it away and did NOT enact the DPA in a timely manner.
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Are you serious? I am vacinated now but I never stopped travelling completely. You have to live your life. Never got the Covid, and am glad. Just ready for them to get rid of the worthless masks. There are ZERO studies that show masks work for Covid-19 but some people feel they are somehow sacred. Get your vaccine and lets all move on. I am sure there are a lot of people going to be travelling this summer!
I laugh when it is said, " zero studies about masks"! Over a year ago all media was full of pictures of droplets of people in different situations. They used special light. Everyone should remember those pictures. A big exhale drove droplets about 8 to 10 feet. A sneeze sent them 20 feet. When a mask was worn only some FEW droplets went straight down to the mask wearers feet - and a few exited from the top near the nose. The videos showed both normal breathing and sneezing with a mask on - droplets went basically nowhere with a mask on. Remember those videos????? Maybe some chose to forget????
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Are you serious? I am vacinated now but I never stopped travelling completely. You have to live your life. Never got the Covid, and am glad. Just ready for them to get rid of the worthless masks. There are ZERO studies that show masks work for Covid-19 but some people feel they are somehow sacred. Get your vaccine and lets all move on. I am sure there are a lot of people going to be travelling this summer!
I wear a mask to model behavior for the anti-vaxxers that I hope have a change of heart when they see CV NOT going to zero. I wear my mask indoors to mourn the future where if the anti-vaxxers succeed, then CV will be in the US for years and mutating all the time - possibly into versions that will be more lethal and require a NEW vaccine. I wear a mask because Australia got the CV to near zero by blocking foreign travel and wearing masks and other VERY disciplined social methods - all BEFORE vaccines were available. I wear a mask to identify who I can trust and NOT trust in the future. I will just observe who is ignorant and anti-social so that I can avoid them.
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