BF125 Posted January 12, 2022 #1 Share Posted January 12, 2022 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/11/cdc-director-says-covid-cases-on-cruise-ships-surged-30-fold-in-last-two-weeks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 12, 2022 #2 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Where's my Pop Corn.............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonltnite Posted January 12, 2022 #3 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I'm sure the number of cases on land increased by this much, as well - largely due to Omicron. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted January 12, 2022 #4 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Funny how they focused on one negative sentence out of the CDC Director's comment: Yeah, thank you, Senator. And I think the Conditional Sailing Order and the fact that the industry has stepped up and is now interested in doing and exceeding, as you know, the the compliance with the sail order without the order even necessarily needing to be in place, as is a real testimony to how well that has worked and how we've worked collaboratively with the industry. What I can say is that, you know, just over the last two weeks with Omicron, we've seen a 30 fold increase in cases on ships during this season because of Omicron. So while I anticipate that with ships following conditional sail order, we still will continue to follow do the oversight and watch and do all the technical assistance and support in every single way. We anticipate that this order will not be renewed and that the cruise ship industries will continue to understand that this is a really safe practice for those industries. What I can't predict is what the summer will bring. https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/addressing-new-variants-a-federal-perspective-on-the-covid-19-response 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 12, 2022 #5 Share Posted January 12, 2022 And the huge majority of those is from the mandatory crew testing every 3 days. Cases are a completely irrelevant metric with omicron since so few have more than cold symptoms 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 12, 2022 #6 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: And the huge majority of those is from the mandatory crew testing every 3 days. Cases are a completely irrelevant metric with omicron since so few have more than cold symptoms Wonder why that is? Hope no one has to tell you. By now you should now why. Edited January 12, 2022 by Jimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presbycruiser67 Posted January 12, 2022 #7 Share Posted January 12, 2022 CDC Delivers Good News for Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Cruise Industry - TheStreet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 12, 2022 #8 Share Posted January 12, 2022 46 minutes ago, Presbycruiser67 said: CDC Delivers Good News for Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Cruise Industry - TheStreet The CDC gave a backhanded compliment to the cruise lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMarauder Posted January 12, 2022 #9 Share Posted January 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: The CDC gave a backhanded compliment to the cruise lines. Yes but still a compliment which is more than I would expect from the CDC lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoeyVictoria Posted January 12, 2022 #10 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) 30-fold - was that from 1 to 30, 100 to 3,000, or 300 to 9,000? They didn’t mention the specific numbers, did they? Edited January 12, 2022 by ZoeyVictoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptroxx Posted January 12, 2022 #11 Share Posted January 12, 2022 But yet football games with 60k people are good to go. Lolol. cruise ships not so much. Lolol 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted January 12, 2022 #12 Share Posted January 12, 2022 22 minutes ago, ZoeyVictoria said: 30-fold - was that from 1 to 30, 100 to 3,000, or 300 to 9,000? They didn’t mention the specific numbers, did they? Yes they did: In the first two weeks of December, 162 cases were reported aboard vessels. But as cases continued to mount across the globe, cruise lines disclosed more outbreaks. Ships operating in U.S. waters reported about 5,000 Covid cases to the CDC from Dec. 15 through Dec. 29. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeebean Posted January 12, 2022 #13 Share Posted January 12, 2022 2 hours ago, moonltnite said: I'm sure the number of cases on land increased by this much, as well - largely due to Omicron. Is Delta even out there now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeebean Posted January 12, 2022 #14 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, SOCACRUISEGUY said: While your statement about cases being fairly mild may be the case, many employers require those that have either tested positive or been in close contact with someone that has tested positive to stay home. As a result, that employee now has to use their sick, and/or vacation time, or go unpaid. That’s a financial blow that many can’t afford. It isn’t always black and white. There are many factors at play. Add to the financial hardship for those who have to stay home, businesses are finding it difficult to either stay open normal hours or stay open at all. This seems to be getting out of hand and it is a scary ride to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticketsunlimited Posted January 12, 2022 #15 Share Posted January 12, 2022 15 minutes ago, coffeebean said: Is Delta even out there now? 98% of cases in US today where Omicron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted January 12, 2022 #16 Share Posted January 12, 2022 20 minutes ago, coffeebean said: Is Delta even out there now? Gee, I did not know that the flu has disappeared.😀 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGW59 Posted January 12, 2022 #17 Share Posted January 12, 2022 2 hours ago, BF125 said: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/11/cdc-director-says-covid-cases-on-cruise-ships-surged-30-fold-in-last-two-weeks.html Insert eye roll, drama.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted January 12, 2022 #18 Share Posted January 12, 2022 26 minutes ago, ticketsunlimited said: 98% of cases in US today where Omicron. Some areas of the states are not that high yet, but they will be sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted January 12, 2022 #19 Share Posted January 12, 2022 40 minutes ago, ticketsunlimited said: 98% of cases in US today where Omicron. Lol I thought I heard 92%. Maybe it's not as bad here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare S.A.M.J.R. Posted January 12, 2022 #20 Share Posted January 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said: Some areas of the states are not that high yet, but they will be sooner than later. I heard 98% also (nationwide). I think it was NBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted January 12, 2022 #21 Share Posted January 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, S.A.M.J.R. said: I heard 98% also (nationwide). I think it was NBC. You and Tickets are going to be more accurate than my comment. The photo I saw yesterday, and just re-looked at, was from data up to January 1st. The purple on the pie chart is Omicron and the orange like color is Delta. A lot will have changed in the last 10 days, being less Delta cases. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxgoodrich Posted January 12, 2022 #22 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, HappyInVan said: The number of cases on a cruise ship is very important. They've extended the quarantine area up to Deck 6. Some pax have reported that they are quarantined in their own cabins. The hallways are still used by the un-infected. Please don't thrown your hazmat waste into the hallway!!!! Do ports refuse to admit ships with a large number of infected onboard? Are the infected being put off the ship in foreign ports? I wonder if you might have mixed up some information. On some ships, the Covid quarantine area is part of deck 3. On the big ships, it's a portion of deck 6. This does not mean that all the decks below 6 are quarantine areas. We sailed on Adventure last week, and I was told there were 35 cases in quarantine during our 4 night cruise. (1179 passengers and 900+ crew were aboard) No passengers were quarantined in their own cabins. All Covid positive pax were relocated to oceanview cabins in the quarantine area of deck 3, and those hallways were not used by uninfected passengers. Quarantined passengers are instructed to seal their trash bags and put them in the corridor, and also to put their room service trays in the corridor. Crew who serviced that area wore full body PPE. Although passengers in balcony cabins may WANT to be quarantined in their own cabins, this was not allowed. They were moved to the OV quarantine rooms. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare S.A.M.J.R. Posted January 13, 2022 #23 Share Posted January 13, 2022 1 hour ago, lovescats5 said: So according to everything I have heard, no I do not have sources, everyone will contact Omicron. If that is the case and it is suppose to be about like a cold why is everyone so surprised. If everyone is suppose to get it why do we need the vaccine and the mask. At what point will we just tell the government to take a flying leap and let us live our lives. Do you isolate for a cold, probably take a little more caution with where you go and who you see. I am so tired of everyone telling me what to do. If the vaccine and mask worked why will everyone still get covid? My understanding is the vaccine helps it only BE like a cold. Supposedly ~85% of those hospitalized with (because of?) covid currently (so basically omicron) are unvaccinated. Now, why masks, social distancing, or isolating, I don't understand. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinCruise Posted January 13, 2022 #24 Share Posted January 13, 2022 It’s up 30 fold at the kids high school now too…. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgotmyCCname Posted January 13, 2022 #25 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, HappyInVan said: The number of cases on a cruise ship is very important. They've extended the quarantine area up to Deck 6. Some pax have reported that they are quarantined in their own cabins. The hallways are still used by the un-infected. Please don't thrown your hazmat waste into the hallway!!!! Do ports refuse to admit ships with a large number of infected onboard? Are the infected being put off the ship in foreign ports? Where is your medical degree from? And which ship are you presently on? So many stories of conditions on board we have read here on the CC turn out to be total lies by drama queens and kings looking for increased compensation from the company.Or they are made up out of whole cloth and sent to the sea ambulance chaser in chief on that vile website. I'm on deck 17, so I have 11 full decks of infected and imprisoned passengers before I get locked in. Edited January 13, 2022 by forgotmyCCname 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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