Good for you, that is how all vaccinated people should be living their lives and not hung up on "what if".
I find it very hard to believe that un-vaccinated people would take a cruise but say a couple do. What are the odds at this point in time, that those couple of people will be asymptomatic upon boarding and days later be positive for Covid? A couple of million to one? And since you are vaccinated, the chance of you becoming so ill you need hospitalization is less than 5% at best and more like less than 1%?
Is it really going to be worth it with things improving as they are, that stores, gyms, movie theaters, concerts will start denying anybody from entering that can't prove they have been vaccinated and again, what about the fake vaccination cards? A cruise line might be able to do better checks but no guarantee they won't make mistakes.
I can just see a Black person being refused service at a lunch counter because he or she will not produce a vaccine card. That will be the end of our democracy.
Originally Posted by HedonistForever
Please explain. When I Google "is there a federal data base of vaccinated people", this is what I get.
My vaccination card has the name of the facility where the shot was administered, when it was administered, and the person who administered it. Very easy, given time to check up on the facts.
Then there is the answer to the problem in Florida should the cruise line decide to take that route of not demanding everybody be vaccinated
Looking further at Royal Caribbean, they are planning on 95% of the passengers being vaccinated and making it tough on those who are not.
We'll see if they want to give up that brand new 10 million dollar terminal in Miami and pull out. My bet is, they will figure out a way to compromise.
I would tend to agree with you. Cruise lines bring in a ton of money to the ports in Florida, not just Miami.
I find it very hard to believe that un-vaccinated people would take a cruise but say a couple do. What are the odds at this point in time, that those couple of people will be asymptomatic upon boarding and days later be positive for Covid? A couple of million to one? And since you are vaccinated, the chance of you becoming so ill you need hospitalization is less than 5% at best and more like less than 1%?
I personally would not worry if a handful of passengers were not vaccinated on a cruise but I would expect rules would be different if most passengers were vaccinated vs. if all passengers were vaccinated.
Is it really going to be worth it with things improving as they are, that stores, gyms, movie theaters, concerts will start denying anybody from entering that can't prove they have been vaccinated and again, what about the fake vaccination cards? A cruise line might be able to do better checks but no guarantee they won't make mistakes.
I know of no establishments that are checking for vaccination cards before allowing people to enter. They seem to be on an honor system. And yes, mistakes can be made by a cruise line but how many people will go through the effort of obtaining a fake card for any purpose, let alone a cruise?
Since cruise lines are just starting up again, both in the U.S. and worldwide, it will be interesting to see what happens over the next 2-3 months.