Quiltingannie

Very well said. Thank you for consolidating common sense thoughts in your post

I was on the cruise that just ended. The crew has not had time off due to room attendants sanitizing the rooms twice a day. There is plastic wrap in front of the buffet so the passengers aren't touching anything. No dishes, salt, pepper, butter, sweetener, etc. are touched by passengers. The crew are wearing latex gloves and, in some cases, masks. Hand sanitizer is everywhere and forced on passengers, rightfully so. There is major protocol for this. No hand shaking with crew, etc. They even had a shipment of special cleaner shipped from the US since they weren't able to get it in Australia or New Zealand. But I saw passengers evade hand sanitizer at the entrances to restaurant and stores, no hand washing leaving the ladies room, etc. I do think it's passengers keeping this alive. Passengers who were ill also didn't report it because they were confined to their staterooms for 24 hours if they did and they didn't want to be cooped up. Celebrity is doing their best to get rid of it but they're not receiving full cooperation of the passengers. The majority of us adhered to the rules but there were some who didn't. I also noticed that we'd hear of 6 of a group of 50 or 3 of a family of 6 getting sick. Might be how it's shared. After hearing people complain about the "inconvenience" they experienced, I wonder who's carrying the virus. Also, the crew were much more fastidious about following the hygiene rules -- they'd like to get time off again. Another comment to the originator of this thread, there were very few children on our cruise.