Canada to lift pre-arrival test.

[thefog]

Government expected to lift covid testing by the end of March.

[TravelGirlinDallas]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canada-lifting-pre-arrival-covid-19-testing-requirement-as-of-april-1-1.5821622

[reallyitsmema]

1 minute ago, thefog said:

Government expected to lift covid testing by the end of March.

 

Yup, you are thread number three. 🙂 

[Jcol5786]

44 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

Yup, you are thread number three. 🙂 

Well this is the first one I saw and it's great news for some of us. Guess I know how you got so many posts.

[reallyitsmema]

4 minutes ago, Jcol5786 said:

Well this is the first one I saw and it's great news for some of us. Guess I know how you got so many posts.

 

Actually, it is from finding posts for people who can't find them.  Here are the links for you.

 

 

 

[Jcol5786]

Sorry not playing that today. Congrates on 19400 +1

[Morecruisesplz]

How are covid numbers in Canada? Will infected people now board?

[reallyitsmema]

12 minutes ago, Jcol5786 said:

Sorry not playing that today. Congrates on 19400 +1

 

You seem to be, can I find another thread for you about the concerns we all have about sailing to Canadian ports?

 

Edit:  Found it.

 

 

Edited March 16, 2022 by reallyitsmema

[travelhound]

2 hours ago, thefog said:

Government expected to lift covid testing by the end of March.

This is good news!  Maybe RCL can now drop their testing requirements for vaccinated passengers.

[Morecruisesplz]

2 minutes ago, travelhound said:

This is good news!  Maybe RCL can now drop their testing requirements for vaccinated passengers.

Vaxxed people still get covid!

[easyqueasy]

1 minute ago, fredmdcruisers said:

Vaxxed people still get covid!

And pass on to others.

[travelhound]

Just now, fredmdcruisers said:

Vaxxed people still get covid!

This is also true in most hotels, which have no protocols.  If the cruise lines just adopted a requirement to show proof of vaccination or a negative test, they would still be better than most hotels.

[Morecruisesplz]

1 minute ago, travelhound said:

This is also true in most hotels, which have no protocols.  If the cruise lines just adopted a requirement to show proof of vaccination or a negative test, they would still be better than most hotels.

We are good with vaxxed and test. It is working. Why mess with it?

[travelhound]

Just now, fredmdcruisers said:

We are good with vaxxed and test. It is working. Why mess with it?

Because it's not a sustainable or realistic protocol. Now that the numbers are declining, and almost all venues are dropping their protocols, it's time that the cruise lines are allowed to relax some of these ridiculous protocols.

[crzndeb]

11 minutes ago, fredmdcruisers said:

We are good with vaxxed and test. It is working. Why mess with it?

And you think every single cruiser on every single cruise ship, who gets a stuffy nose, will test for Covid? You have probably been exposed or been around plenty of people with Covid. Not everybody exposed gets Covid. 

[Morecruisesplz]

5 minutes ago, travelhound said:

Because it's not a sustainable or realistic protocol. Now that the numbers are declining, and almost all venues are dropping their protocols, it's time that the cruise lines are allowed to relax some of these ridiculous protocols.

Why not sustainable or realistic? It has worked. Ridiculous? You sound like those who complained about removing shoes and belts after 911. Better safe than sorry!!

[Morecruisesplz]

1 minute ago, crzndeb said:

And you think every single cruiser on every single cruise ship, who gets a stuffy nose, will test for Covid? You have probably been exposed or been around plenty of people with Covid. Not everybody exposed gets Covid. 

I never mentioned stuffy noses. But if you pre-cruise test you know who has it. No guessing!

[travelhound]

1 minute ago, fredmdcruisers said:

Why not sustainable or realistic? It has worked. Ridiculous? You sound like those who complained about removing shoes and belts after 911. Better safe than sorry!!

Testing everyone forever is not a realistic or environmentally friendly solution.  That said, I am not advocating that they remove all protocols, just start to move to something more realistic like show proof of vaccination or a negative test.  

  

[Morecruisesplz]

11 minutes ago, travelhound said:

Testing everyone forever is not a realistic or environmentally friendly solution.  That said, I am not advocating that they remove all protocols, just start to move to something more realistic like show proof of vaccination or a negative test.  

  

Back to: you can be vaccinated and boosted and still have covid. Vaxed means nothing, as we found out during Omicron. (Besides maybe avoiding hospitalization. )

[travelhound]

2 hours ago, crzndeb said:

And you think every single cruiser on every single cruise ship, who gets a stuffy nose, will test for Covid? You have probably been exposed or been around plenty of people with Covid. Not everybody exposed gets Covid. 

Good point, all of us assume this risk with daily life.  Hopefully things will start to get back to normal with the cruise lines.

[XLVIII]

Happy that Canada is removing cross border testing. Hopefully the US will do the same now.

[auntjoy036]

Thank you, @thefog for the news and @TravelGirlinDallas for the link.

[ReneeFLL]

8 hours ago, thefog said:

Government expected to lift covid testing by the end of March.

That’s great to hear.