Jeremiah1212 Posted April 5, 2021 #4351 Share Posted April 5, 2021 24 minutes ago, verizon said: Hooray!!! CDC just approved all vaccinated can sail by 4th of July. Source? https://www.marketwatch.com/story/norwegian-cruise-stock-surges-after-plan-submitted-to-cdc-to-resume-us-cruises-in-july-2021-04-05 This is all I see and it's definitely not the green light. NCL has chosen to ignore the CSO and ask to move forward with 100% vaccinated cruises at reduced capacity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrulyBlonde Posted April 5, 2021 #4352 Share Posted April 5, 2021 15 minutes ago, verizon said: CNBC just announced. It seems the rule is 60% capacity. I believe this was the request from NCL to begin opening US ports by 4th of July. Frank Del Rio wrote the letter to CDC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted April 5, 2021 Author #4353 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Here's a more detailed article on the NCL request to CDC to restart cruising out of US ports starting July 4th. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Submits Plan to CDC. Asks for July 4 Restart - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscobeans Posted April 5, 2021 #4354 Share Posted April 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, TrulyBlonde said: I believe this was the request from NCL to begin opening US ports by 4th of July. Frank Del Rio wrote the letter to CDC. And the bean counters at RCCL have stated that at 50% they break even AND at 60% they begin making a profit... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallnthensome Posted April 5, 2021 #4355 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Anti -vaxxers won’t be sailing anywhere as predicted .... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah1212 Posted April 5, 2021 #4356 Share Posted April 5, 2021 A question for those that are way more informed on these matters than I am. Does the CDC have to, or expected to, formally and publicly respond to this? This is the first instance I can recall of actual communication being sent to the CDC and made public by the sender. Valid counter arguments like the proof of vaccination being so informal, COVID surveillance and reporting on ships is here to stay, and that the CDC still needs a contingency plan for a worst case scenario occurring on a ship need addressed. I agree that truly 100% vaccinated cruises (crew and passengers, not the Celebrity 'fully vaccinated' minus crew perspective) is the way forward for now, but there are a million logistics to iron out in the mean time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted April 5, 2021 #4357 Share Posted April 5, 2021 15 minutes ago, Jeremiah1212 said: A question for those that are way more informed on these matters than I am. Does the CDC have to, or expected to, formally and publicly respond to this? This is the first instance I can recall of actual communication being sent to the CDC and made public by the sender. They'll almost certainly get a formal response. The CDC may or may not make that response public, but in this case the recipient probably will. And, yes, this is the first time I've heard of anyone actually sending a formal communication to the CDC. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrulyBlonde Posted April 5, 2021 #4358 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Look who is CC'd on the letter from Frank Del Rio. Let's play hardball 🙂 CC:Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesMr. Ronald A. Klain, White House Chief of StaffMr. Jeffrey D. Zients, COVID Response CoordinatorDr. Nathaniel Smith, Deputy Director for Public Health Services and Implementation Services, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMr. Andrew M. Slavitt, Senior Advisor to the COVID Response CoordinatorGovernor Ron DeSantis, State of FloridaSenator Marco Rubio, State of FloridaSenator Rick Scott, State of FloridaSenator Dan Sullivan, State of AlaskaMayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade CountyRepresentative Carlos Gimenez, Florida’s 26th Congressional DistrictRepresentative Gus Bilirakis, Florida’s 12th Congressional DistrictRepresentative Maria Salazar, Florida’s 27th Congressional DistrictRepresentative Ted Deutch, Florida’s 22nd Congressional DistrictRepresentative Federica Wilson, Florida’s 24th Congressional DistrictRepresentative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Florida’s 23rd Congressional DistrictRepresentative Mario Díaz-Balart, Florida’s 25th Congressional District 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CroozFanatic Posted April 5, 2021 #4359 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I think Royal will be out with something similar later today or tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted April 5, 2021 #4360 Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 minute ago, TrulyBlonde said: Look who is CC'd on the letter from Frank Del Rio. Let's play hardball 🙂 CC:Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesMr. Ronald A. Klain, White House Chief of StaffMr. Jeffrey D. Zients, COVID Response CoordinatorDr. Nathaniel Smith, Deputy Director for Public Health Services and Implementation Services, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMr. Andrew M. Slavitt, Senior Advisor to the COVID Response CoordinatorGovernor Ron DeSantis, State of FloridaSenator Marco Rubio, State of FloridaSenator Rick Scott, State of FloridaSenator Dan Sullivan, State of AlaskaMayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade CountyRepresentative Carlos Gimenez, Florida’s 26th Congressional DistrictRepresentative Gus Bilirakis, Florida’s 12th Congressional DistrictRepresentative Maria Salazar, Florida’s 27th Congressional DistrictRepresentative Ted Deutch, Florida’s 22nd Congressional DistrictRepresentative Federica Wilson, Florida’s 24th Congressional DistrictRepresentative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Florida’s 23rd Congressional DistrictRepresentative Mario Díaz-Balart, Florida’s 25th Congressional District I'll argue this is the wrong thread to go too far into this, but... This is what CLIA should have done 2-3 weeks ago when they made a public statement with no formal communication and the travel press took it up as the CDC denying their request. This is what a request normally looks like. It's not really hard ball as much as how the game is played by the game's rules. Apparently NCL hired someone competent. As opposed to CLIA... Not a moderator, but I'd think this deserves it's own thread? Tying what NCL's proposing to what should X and RCG do? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrulyBlonde Posted April 5, 2021 #4361 Share Posted April 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, markeb said: I'll argue this is the wrong thread to go too far into this, but... This is what CLIA should have done 2-3 weeks ago when they made a public statement with no formal communication and the travel press took it up as the CDC denying their request. This is what a request normally looks like. It's not really hard ball as much as how the game is played by the game's rules. Apparently NCL hired someone competent. As opposed to CLIA... Not a moderator, but I'd think this deserves it's own thread? Tying what NCL's proposing to what should X and RCG do? Del Rio even cc'd Alaska on this one. About time. Yes, own thread necessary. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy planning mom Posted April 5, 2021 #4362 Share Posted April 5, 2021 5 hours ago, BigAl94 said: It's a long tunnel. As of 2 April, 83% of the American population are not fully vaccinated. Here is updated information. 23.2 percent of the adult population is full vaccinated and 40.2 percent of the adult population has had at least 1 dose. Unlike the UK where people have to wait months for a second dose, in the US, you get your 2nd dose, 3-4 weeks later. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted April 5, 2021 #4363 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/3/2021 at 2:51 PM, hcat said: Scary..esp for those who rely upon belief that all is well. hcat here is an update. The US HHS has put J&J in control of the Emergent BioSolutions plant in Baltimore and they will assume full responsibility for their own vaccine production. It was also announced that the AZ vaccine would no longer be made there. I find it unusual for HHS to do this rather than FDA. But good news anyway. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/04/us-puts-jj-in-charge-of-plant-that-botched-covid-vaccine-removes-astrazeneca.html 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted April 5, 2021 #4364 Share Posted April 5, 2021 2 hours ago, verizon said: CNBC just announced. It seems the rule is 60% capacity. Until the CDC officially announces the change, what CNBC reports is meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted April 5, 2021 #4365 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ken the cruiser said: Here's a more detailed article on the NCL request to CDC to restart cruising out of US ports starting July 4th. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Submits Plan to CDC. Asks for July 4 Restart - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News After reading the request it looks promising that at least one major cruise line may be able to start up in the US much sooner, July 4th, than expected. NCL is willing to require that all guests must be fully vaccinated and operate at 60% capacity at first. Covid vaccinations have not been approved for children age 12 and younger and the NCL request does not address this issue, will this mean no children under 12? Plus at this point only Pfizer has been approved for children 12 to 18 years old. Edited April 5, 2021 by terrydtx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted April 5, 2021 #4366 Share Posted April 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, terrydtx said: After reading the request it looks promising that at least one major cruise line may be able to start up in the US much sooner, July 4th, than expected. NCL is willing to require that all guests must be fully vaccinated and operate at 60% capacity at first. Covid vaccinations have not been approved for children age 12 and younger and the NCL request does not address this issue, will this mean no children under 12? Plus at this point only Pfizer has been approved for children 12 to 18 years old. NCL has clarified that NO ONE unvaccinated can cruise, at least on these initial sailings. Their wording says something like "fully vaccinated minors are welcome to cruise". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted April 5, 2021 #4367 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, cruisemom42 said: NCL has clarified that NO ONE unvaccinated can cruise, at least on these initial sailings. Their wording says something like "fully vaccinated minors are welcome to cruise". How do minors in the US get vaccinated when they have not been approved to do so? My sister has an NCL Hawaii cruise booked for her whole family in July and 2 of her grandkids are under 12 and 2 are in the 15 to 17 age group, so she is wondering what she will be able to do. Plus She has 2 inside cabins booked for the grandkids which I bet NCL will eliminate if they go to 60% capacity and eliminate inside and OV category cabins. If this request and new NCL protocol is accepted by the CDC, this could become the same model that all other cruise lines will have to adopt for the balance of this year. Could make for less crowded and quieter cruises this year without any minors. Edited April 5, 2021 by terrydtx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted April 5, 2021 #4368 Share Posted April 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, terrydtx said: How do minors in the US get vaccinated when they have not been approved to do so? My sister has an NCL Hawaii cruise booked for her whole family in July and 2 of her grandkids are under 12 and 2 are in the 15 to 17 age group, so she is wondering what she will be able to do. Plus She has 2 inside cabins booked for the grandkids which I bet NCL will eliminate if they go to 60% capacity and eliminate inside and OV category cabins. If this request and new NCL protocol is accepted by the CDC, this could become the same model that all other cruise lines will have to adopt for the balance of this year. Could make for less crowded and quieter cruises this year without any minors. Pfizer is already approved for 16 and up, I think. They have also announced efficacy results of near 100% in 12-15 year olds (which is the age group they started following the original trial) and plan to submit for approval of that age range ASAP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D C Posted April 5, 2021 #4369 Share Posted April 5, 2021 49 minutes ago, cruisemom42 said: NCL has clarified that NO ONE unvaccinated can cruise, at least on these initial sailings. Their wording says something like "fully vaccinated minors are welcome to cruise". Unvaccinated kids shouldn't be much of a PR issue for Celebrity. Can't be more than a couple dozen under 18s on a typical cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy planning mom Posted April 5, 2021 #4370 Share Posted April 5, 2021 2 hours ago, TeeRick said: hcat here is an update. The US HHS has put J&J in control of the Emergent BioSolutions plant in Baltimore and they will assume full responsibility for their own vaccine production. It was also announced that the AZ vaccine would no longer be made there. I find it unusual for HHS to do this rather than FDA. But good news anyway. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/04/us-puts-jj-in-charge-of-plant-that-botched-covid-vaccine-removes-astrazeneca.html Maybe, because there isnt a permanent FDA commissioner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NMTraveller Posted April 5, 2021 #4371 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jeremiah1212 said: Source? https://www.marketwatch.com/story/norwegian-cruise-stock-surges-after-plan-submitted-to-cdc-to-resume-us-cruises-in-july-2021-04-05 This is all I see and it's definitely not the green light. NCL has chosen to ignore the CSO and ask to move forward with 100% vaccinated cruises at reduced capacity. I purchased NCL stock back when it dived on the previous CDC comments. Now to take some profits. CDC whiplash. I was wondering why we were all getting the vaccine if it did not work that well. I guess it does work well. Now to brush off the CDCs Impending Doom quote. Edited April 5, 2021 by NMTraveller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted April 5, 2021 #4372 Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 hour ago, D C said: Unvaccinated kids shouldn't be much of a PR issue for Celebrity. Can't be more than a couple dozen under 18s on a typical cruise. I guess you have never been on a Celebrity cruise in the summer. I remember 600 kids on Celebrity Century in the Caribbean one July. Also many children on the Zenith and Summit cruises to Bermuda every July and August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocl Posted April 5, 2021 #4373 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Jeremiah1212 said: Source? https://www.marketwatch.com/story/norwegian-cruise-stock-surges-after-plan-submitted-to-cdc-to-resume-us-cruises-in-july-2021-04-05 This is all I see and it's definitely not the green light. NCL has chosen to ignore the CSO and ask to move forward with 100% vaccinated cruises at reduced capacity. The funny thing is this is exactly what the cruise lines should have done months ago instead of waiting for the technical documents. There is nothings stopping them from doing this at anytime. Now we see if they accept it, counter with some requirements (still probably require some agreements with the ports, and in depth CDC monitoring for example), or reject. I expect the first or second. Provided the plan also included testing before and after, as well as distancing, masks, etc. I expect the CDC will want those for at least the first few months. Makes me wonder if we are starting to see a break in the united CLIA front. NCL was the line that started to bring back crew members a few months ago but then changed their mind and sent them home. Edited April 5, 2021 by nocl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrulyBlonde Posted April 5, 2021 #4374 Share Posted April 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, Charles4515 said: I guess you have never been on a Celebrity cruise in the summer. I remember 600 kids on Celebrity Century in the Caribbean one July. Also many children on the Zenith and Summit cruises to Bermuda every July and August. Exactly. I never cruise in the Summer with an exception because we had a week prior to closing on a new home and had never been to Bermuda. We took the Summit and it was packed with families in August. yuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocl Posted April 5, 2021 #4375 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 51 minutes ago, NMTraveller said: I purchased NCL stock back when it dived on the previous CDC comments. Now to take some profits. CDC whiplash. I was wondering why we were all getting the vaccine if it did not work that well. I guess it does work well. Now to brush off the CDCs Impending Doom quote. The vaccine works very well. The issue is that we are still in a pandemic. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines seems to deal with the E484K mutation (B.1.351 and B.1.1.28) pretty well. Not so much with the AZ vaccine (showed 10% efficacy in a trial in South Africa against B.1.351). Novavax demonstrated 60% efficacy and J&J 57%. E484K has also shown up in a number of home grown variants in the US. Now you have a new strain from India that includes not only the E484K mutation but anther major mutation as well. No data there yet. Some of the new variants are also proving to be more infectious and virulent (cause more serious cases) in those that are unvaccinated, including children. As a result in several of the miswestern states the outbreaks are showing more people under 50 ending up with serious cases. Now if everyone would get vaccinated so we can get the number of cases down while variants can be fairly well handled by the vaccines we have. All it takes is one fully resistant variant to take us back to last year. Edited April 5, 2021 by nocl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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