New Health Questionnaire prior to sailing?

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

On 3/4/2020 at 4:02 PM, gilboman said:

these temperature scanners are just security theatre. Not one case of Coronavirus or SARS before have been detected as a result of these scans and they're notoriously unreliable 

 

it's just all for show but if it makes people feel better, that's all that really matters 

It is at least a check if you have a fever. I think it is a good first check.

[MissP22]

Anything is better than just relying on what a person answers on a piece of paper. 

[caribill]

3 hours ago, rocklinmom said:

Princess will take temps of all boarding passengers now supposedly. It's on their website. Curious if anyone who actually boarded a cruise in the last two days had this happen. 

 

But raises a bunch of questions:

 

The new protocols call for enhanced screening of both disembarking and embarking passengers.

 

So if a disembarking passenger has a temperature or a cold or even the flu, what happens next?

o Will boarding for the next voyage be delayed while any such person is tested for the virus?

o Will all disembarking passengers who have not yet exited the ship be stopped until any tests come back?

o And what will then be done with the remaining passengers if that test is positive?

o Will the next voyage have to be cancelled as was done when a crew member with no symptoms the entire time he/she was on the ship could not be tested in a timely manner?

o Or will all the embarking passengers need to wait in the cruise terminal (possibly until the next day) until testing can be done and with a negative result?

o Will any required testing cause the loss of one day out of the voyage and thus in many cases cause the loss of a port (most likely the first one) on a cruise?

 

If a ship has 2000-3500 passengers disembarking, what are the chances that not one of them will have an elevated temperature, a cold, or other illness symptoms?

 

And what about the embarking passengers. The protocols say that anyone with an elevated temperature (for any reason apparently) will be denied boarding as well as anyone with symptoms that might possibly resemble the virus symptoms. So what happens next:

o Since that person had obviously been near others in the check-in area will anyone that had been near him be put in on shore quarantine and not allowed to cruise because they may have become infected if that person (without testing yet) was thought to potentially have the virus?

o What about passengers who had been near that person and had already boarded?

o Will the voyage be cancelled if testing of that person was not possible in a timely manner?

o Or will be voyage be delayed until such testing can be performed and come back with a negative result? Will all those who have not boarded yet be allowed onto the ship or will they have to wait in the terminal (possibly overnight) until the results have come back?

o Will any required testing cause the loss of one day out of the voyage and thus in many cases cause the loss of a port (most likely the first one) on a cruise?

 

Again, what are the chances that 2000-3500 embarking passengers will not have even one person with an elevated temperature or a cold or some other illness symptoms?

 

Will people be cancelling cruises just because after traveling what can be long distances to get to a port the voyage might be cancelled at the last minute because one person disembarking or embarking has a cold?

 

I certainly do not have the answers to these questions and possibilities, but neither do I think does Princess.