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14 minutes ago, Mary229 said:

I agree with you 80%.  But the CDC continues to publish things their website aimed at the general public that, in my view, questions the efficacy of this vaccine by saying things that you might still be able to the disease, you might still be contagious.   Keep the message simple, tell people the vaccine works and if they have more questions to speak to their primary healthcare provider.  

 

They should only say what they know, not what they don't know.

I don't know if I would agree🤔. I think it is important the public understands the difference between disease and virus. In my experience a well informed public is better than a half informed public otherwise someone will take control of the hole in your information and use it against your message. If it had turned out that vaccines did not stop virus transmission and the public was not previously informed then anti vaxers would have a field day with the information and you would end up like the Philippines where everyone loses confidence in vaccines because they feel someone is hiding information. 

1 hour ago, Mary229 said:

Vaccine: A product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease. 

Covid-19 is the disease and so far most vaccines are proven effective against it. I don't think anyone apart from some anti vaxxers have been saying it is not effective against the disease. I know there are still questions over its effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission but the brief was to slow down the disease and so far results from Israel and UK seem to be showing they are fulfilling their brief. I'm a little confused about what all the confusion is about 😳😂. 

Bora Bora? 

15 minutes ago, qbay46 said:

What port are we in

Mo'orea? 

We talk about crew being vaccinated but most of the countries that crew come from are using the Sinovac vaccine from China. Will this vaccine be acceptable in countries in Europe and USA? We wouldn't force them to vaccine twice would we😳? 

2 minutes ago, qbay46 said:

Natchez, Mississippi

Finally a winner!🏆 It is the oldest city on the Mississippi River. The old town has alot of well preserved buildings and the owners go to a lot of trouble to do them up:

All yours🤗

Not yet the right state but Alabama is closer. 

18 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Cheers, I might duck back to Woollies this arvo, buy half a dozen packs and freeze them, they will last me a couple of months.

You can probably get them for cheaper now. Post Easter they are usually trying to get rid of all their Easter gear. I get all my Easter eggs half price😜

51 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

USA, a southern state?

You are in the right area. Follow the river😉. 

1 minute ago, lyndarra said:

We chose to business class for the US internal flights but shouldn't have bothered, they were barely Premium Economy standard.

Total was AUD15,000 for both.

I remember walking past business class on an intercontinental flight in Europe and I thought that does not look worth the extra dollars🤑. To me business class is only worth it for long haul flights. They usually have lie flat beds so at least you're paying extra for something. 

1 hour ago, SelectSys said:

However, multi-nation cruising is starting in the Caribbean with cruises from Barbados touching several nations over the span of a 7 day cruise.  This would be a requirement for any US departing cruise.

I would be hesitant to compare a giant country like USA with tiny island nations. Tiny island nations are in unique advantageous situation that kind of allows them their own little travel bubble amongst each other. 

1 hour ago, MMDown Under said:

Maybe not enough commission?  

I read somewhere that they get around 2.5% commission on flights alone. If a customer books a holiday package it is between 25-30%.

1 hour ago, Blackduck59 said:

That was just under $9,000.00 for both of us. I think we paid about $5,000.00 for economy seats on British Airways YVR to Heathrow in 2008. We decided after an economy flight to and from Hawaii followed by a "First Class" flight to Hawaii (Alaska Airlines 737 more like premium economy on long haul flights now) after that we made the decision that we would never fly economy again; good thing Premium economy is a thing now it's worth the extra money to us and we can afford that better than Business class. We can stay in nicer hotels on land and a veranda suite on a Celebrity Cruise with the savings from Business class to Premium economy.

Well this is embarrassing😳 I completely misunderstood, I thought you meant $9000 per person😂. Personally the few times I have been in PE I have not found it worth the extra cost from economy😕. It probably depends on the airline but after my disappointments I am hesitant to be forking out that money again. 

1 hour ago, Blackduck59 said:

That is for Premium Economy and it does feel like a lot of money. 

Yikes that is high😱. Business class from SYD to Mad was only just over $AU7000. Normally I have seen PE around the $AU3000 mark. 

Europe, UK and Asia are conducting domestic cruises or cruises to nowhere. From what I understand for the USA this is not possible for most cruise lines. 

The town is famous for its architecture:

All my cruises start overseas usually in places I have never visited so I tend to do land travel before and at the end. From Australia nearly everywhere is far to reach so if I'm making that effort I want to get as much out of my trip. It does baffle me that people say they are tired from their land trips😳. For me my work is draining and my travels are my recharge no matter the method. I never felt like I needed a rest from travelling 😂. 

16 hours ago, Aus Traveller said:

I feel the reason is that the Antarctic Peninsula (as well as South Georgia -fantastic - and Falkland Is) is easily reached from South America. I don't see the areas that can be reached from Australia as so appealing to tourists.

It is not as well known but the Ross Sea I have heard is pretty spectacular however it does take a lot longer, plus there are more sea days and generally speaking people who do more adventurous cruises are usually sea day adverse😆. 

Name the town you would see this view:

6 hours ago, lyndarra said:

Place is correct. I know him as Cumil the Sewer Worker. I found him because he was a Geocache I was searching for.

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7B9JP

Your turn.

Cumil is Slovak for Watcher 😉. Apparently he is taking a break from work and just watching the world go by😂. I enjoyed Bratislava too though we didn't get as much time there as I would have liked, we happen to visit at the same time as a rock music festival. Interesting to hear Slovakian rock can't say it was my flavour 😜 but they also had food stalls selling local produce that was delicious. The spitfire pastries were huge. It was mesmerising watching them slowly turn in the fire🔥😁. 

2 hours ago, lyndarra said:

Thank you.

Next pic.

 

Bratislava Slovakia The Watcher sculpture

3 hours ago, MMDown Under said:

That is good that the Hobart City Council is providing support for Mawsons Hut Foundation, by way of waving fees.  It is in a prime location, esp for cruise ships.

I can't understand why Aust Govt doesn't support expedition ships south of Hobart.  People travel the world to cruise from Argentina.  Why not from Aust?  

Perhaps there is a fear about what would happen if there is an outbreak in the middle of nowhere🤔? I would imagine getting medical aid out there might be expensive perhaps no one is willing to take on the cost 😳. 

3 minutes ago, mr walker said:

I could never eat a vegan sausage. I have an aversion to eating humans, in particular ones who don't consume meat 😮

In the Marquesas they use to put their dogs on a vegan diet because it apparently made the meat taste sweet😉. If you think about we only eat vegan animals so vegan humans might not be so bad😂. 

28 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

After watching the TV special  about the Ghost Train fire I'm not surprised. I imagine you could write volumes.

Excellent series👍Well researched, I wish we had more investigative programs like this. If you haven't already I recommend the first season of Exposed, that was also very good. 

I was planning on booking a certain Antarctica cruise that had an amazing deal but it is still expensive. I don't really feel comfortable giving that kind of money to a company who I don't know will run said cruise or even exist. If I was doing cheaper cruises maybe I would take the risk but my problem is the cruises I like are usually on the pricey side and for me it would be a lot of money to lose. 

2 hours ago, jfunk138 said:

Some people clearly live very charmed lives where they link to stories about N95's while simultaneously claiming that random pieces of cloth and flimsy blue things with warnings on the box saying they "Does not provide protection against Covid-19" are effective against respiratory illnesses.

Huh😳?༼ ºل͟º ༽ 😂