WhiteSoxFan

It took ours a few days to appear in the planner.

This is true, however, the flu has an R0 of 1-2 while BA.2 has a R0>10. The chances of being infected by someone boarding with the flu are considerably less than Covid.

I am sure the cruise lines have much better data on the number of people testing positive on the pre-cruise testing and they have to do the calculus on that. They have to determine what impact said number of cases with have on the crew, as well as the number of pax that turn up positive and are giving credit for part of their cruises. When the cost analysis points toward elimination of testing I'm sure the cruise lines will push extra hard to eliminate it.