Cruise Critic Article on Rapid Test Prior to Embark

[pcur]

On 8/23/2020 at 10:39 PM, caribill said:

The rapid tests are not that reliable as shown by the recent MSC experience:

 

So far, the health protocols, which include mandatory rapid result COVID-19 tests at check in, caught five passengers with positive antigen swab tests at embarkation in Genoa.

 

"All of them, as per protocol, went through all steps of the successive secondary medical screening which included the RT-PCR (molecular) tests. All five eventually resulted negative at this second test," an MSC spokesperson said. "Additionally, a small number of other guests were denied embarkation as they did not meet requirements for boarding including residence in countries at high risk outside the Schengen area."

 

https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/5540/?et_cid=3354257&et_rid=17373002&et

 

Those were the false positives. No way to know how many false negatives there were.

 

I just read an article this morning about the MSC cruise.  They did TWO tests on all passengers before embarkation on the cruise.  One passenger tested positive for both tests, and was denied boarding, as were his travel companions, as were the people in the same shuttle van.  

 

I'm making a mental note to take an Uber with just hubby and I with the driver. Those other people in that van must have been totally freaked!!!

[muffydawg]

Mask mandates, cleaning protocols, cutting service to small cities, lowering airplane ticket prices, sidelining airplanes, not taking delivery of new planes are all a smattering of steps the airlines have taken to improve profitability and those steps are clearly not working,, not with reports of up to 75,000 airline employees facing layoffs and address their pension issues.

 

The airlines must get smaller.

 

Its the last step they must take to restore profitability. The cruise industry would be wise to pay attention. 

[muffydawg]

The report provides comprehensive data on the Luxury Cruise Tourism market and its trends to assist the reader in formulating decisions to accelerate the business. The report provides a complete overview of the economic scenario of the market, along with benefits and limitations.

 

https://www.icruiseguide.com/2020/08/24/luxury-cruise-tourism-market-size-2020/

[muffydawg]

2020 vs 2019 TSA passenger count https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput .