Crzn-Life Posted May 1, 2021 #1 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Port Canaveral started vaccinating cruise ship crew yesterday. They were able to do that because the governor removed the requirement of FL residency for vaccine eligibility. No Princess ships dock in Port Canaveral but hopefully Port Everglades and Miami will follow suit. It's exciting news. and hopefully is a major step toward getting cruising started again. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2021/05/01/cruise-covid-vaccinations-port-canaveral/4905928001/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pms4104 Posted May 1, 2021 #2 Share Posted May 1, 2021 While seemingly admirable, I would prefer more doses be donated to India and Brazil ... where people are dying in record numbers, and cruising and other discretionary spending is the furthest thought in their minds 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roberto256 Posted May 1, 2021 #3 Share Posted May 1, 2021 55 minutes ago, pms4104 said: While seemingly admirable, I would prefer more doses be donated to India and Brazil ... where people are dying in record numbers, and cruising and other discretionary spending is the furthest thought in their minds Are you some sort of humanitarian who cares about others?!?!? Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! I like to cruise. Vaccines should go to cruise line crew so that I can. Did I mention: Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! To avoid confusion, the above is sarcastic hyperbole, and not my actual opinion. Although sadly, it does seem to summarize many of the opinions posted here. 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare c-boy Posted May 1, 2021 #4 Share Posted May 1, 2021 (edited) retracted Edited May 2, 2021 by c-boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfarmer2 Posted May 2, 2021 #5 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Roberto256 said: Are you some sort of humanitarian who cares about others?!?!? Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! I like to cruise. Vaccines should go to cruise line crew so that I can. Did I mention: Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! To avoid confusion, the above is sarcastic hyperbole, and not my actual opinion. Although sadly, it does seem to summarize many of the opinions posted here. Good point..... Edited May 2, 2021 by hobbyfarmer2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 2, 2021 #6 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Wow. Just jump all over somebody for posting relevant information. What's up with that? 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted May 2, 2021 #7 Share Posted May 2, 2021 The vaccinations at the USA cruise ports will likely only go to the skeleton crews who are on these ships to keep then in operating condition until they can do cruises again. Having been at sea for a long time, these ships are currently virus free. New crew members will need to be fully vaccinated before joining their ships. A cruise line does not want to bring unvaccinated crew members to a Covid-19 free environment, both to avoid any unvaccinated crew from infecting other unvaccinated crew and to avoid possibly introducing the virus to a virus free environment. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombud Posted May 2, 2021 #8 Share Posted May 2, 2021 8 hours ago, pms4104 said: While seemingly admirable, I would prefer more doses be donated to India and Brazil ... where people are dying in record numbers, and cruising and other discretionary spending is the furthest thought in their minds $100m in supplies + 60m doses of AstraZeneca supposedly shipped out already to India. 2nd plane load took off from Travis today. Yes that's a drop in the bucket when they have a population of 1.4b 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seapals2 Posted May 2, 2021 #9 Share Posted May 2, 2021 I am pleased to see crew being vaccinated if this means a billion dollar industry and jobs will be enabled to resume. Of course we all want India to receive vaccines but I doubt a few thousand spent on crew will significantly change the outcome for 1.2 billion population. I hope the UK includes people living and working here temporarily in its vaccine programme. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roberto256 Posted May 2, 2021 #10 Share Posted May 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Thrak said: Wow. Just jump all over somebody for posting relevant information. What's up with that? Are you replying to me? I was in complete agreement with pms4104. There are lots of people in the world dying because they don't have access to a vaccine. Vaccinating crew, so that people can take leisure vacations ... that should be just slightly behind saving the lives of many. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted May 2, 2021 #11 Share Posted May 2, 2021 With only 30% of the US vaccinated, I find it difficult to understand how/why we are voluntarily bringing foreigners here to be vaccinated for a non-essential industry. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog Posted May 2, 2021 #12 Share Posted May 2, 2021 37 minutes ago, chengkp75 said: With only 30% of the US vaccinated, I find it difficult to understand how/why we are voluntarily bringing foreigners here to be vaccinated for a non-essential industry. Same. also just read articles about Canadians going to USA to get vaccinated there. Sorry unable to post link. In the News today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted May 2, 2021 #13 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Maybe we can take the doses that are getting ready to expire, put them on a tug, head out toward a cruise ship with crew ... then just dump them in the ocean so nobody gets the benefit of them except for polluting the ocean, that seems to be the opinion of some 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillys mom Posted May 2, 2021 #14 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Don’t forget- sometimes the number of unvaccinated is high because individuals have decided not to get the shot. We have drugstores with signs on the door offering shots to anyone over 16. No appointment. Glad crew can get shots. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted May 2, 2021 #15 Share Posted May 2, 2021 23 minutes ago, voljeep said: Maybe we can take the doses that are getting ready to expire, put them on a tug, head out toward a cruise ship with crew ... then just dump them in the ocean so nobody gets the benefit of them except for polluting the ocean, that seems to be the opinion of some If Florida has so many doses "ready to expire", that shows some gross mismanagement of either taking delivery of excess doses, or improper storage. And, what precludes Florida from sending those doses to other states that may need, and want, them. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted May 2, 2021 #16 Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, chengkp75 said: If Florida has so many doses "ready to expire", that shows some gross mismanagement of either taking delivery of excess doses, or improper storage. And, what precludes Florida from sending those doses to other states that may need, and want, them. Could also be indicative of hitting a wall respecting the number of Floridians willing to be vaccinated or access to vaccinations. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HappyInVan Posted May 2, 2021 #17 Share Posted May 2, 2021 I have to agree with pms4140. The vaccines are desperately needed in Brazil and India. Each infected person could infect several others! Lives are at stake. Yes, there is a surplus of vaccine in several states. Perhaps, the federal government should stop issuing vaccine to those states? Currently, 22% of distributed vaccine have not been administered. That's worth >60 million doses. Could have saved a lot of lives in Brazil and India if administered last month. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/01/14/covid-vaccine-distribution-by-state-how-many-covid-vaccines-have-been-given-in-us-how-many-people/6599531002/ The top performer is New Hampshire. 60% of the population have received at least one dose. 86% of the state's inventory has been administered. The worst performing state has only vaccinated 31% of the population. Distributing only 64% of their inventory. What are they going to do with the remaining vaccines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted May 2, 2021 #18 Share Posted May 2, 2021 1 hour ago, dog said: Same. also just read articles about Canadians going to USA to get vaccinated there. Sorry unable to post link. In the News today. Yes, but you might also have posted that a number of US border states/towns are offering to vaccinate their cross-border neighbors - especially truck drivers and where border communities mix for work, etc. Thanks to USA, our vaccinations might move along just a little better now and get us closer to the day Trudeau will agree to re-open the border. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted May 2, 2021 #19 Share Posted May 2, 2021 11 minutes ago, d9704011 said: Could also be indicative of hitting a wall respecting the number of Floridians willing to be vaccinated or access to vaccinations. And, this could not have been predicted? Even at normal freezer temperatures or in their storage boxes, the vaccine lasts 30 days. That's not enough time to predict usage? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syracusefan44 Posted May 2, 2021 #20 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Miami-Dade County and Nomi Health started to provide cruise ship crew members with COVID-19 vaccination at PortMiami on Saturday. They expect to vaccinate 900 crew members this week. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog Posted May 2, 2021 #21 Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, chengkp75 said: And, this could not have been predicted? Even at normal freezer temperatures or in their storage boxes, the vaccine lasts 30 days. That's not enough time to predict usage? Works here in Canada where we make appointments, running out of vaccines, even with a few pop up clinics we have people wanting to get vaccinated. anyway, we have no say- Cruise industry will decide this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBee51 Posted May 2, 2021 #22 Share Posted May 2, 2021 2 hours ago, chengkp75 said: With only 30% of the US vaccinated, I find it difficult to understand how/why we are voluntarily bringing foreigners here to be vaccinated for a non-essential industry. There is a large segment the of the US population that will not take the vaccine for whatever reason. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebeluga Posted May 2, 2021 #23 Share Posted May 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, chengkp75 said: And, this could not have been predicted? Even at normal freezer temperatures or in their storage boxes, the vaccine lasts 30 days. That's not enough time to predict usage? Math is easy if the everyone is all eager to get vaccinated, not so much if it’s hitting the hesitancy wall. It’s hard to forecast when exactly people will change their mind from hesitant to willing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HappyInVan Posted May 2, 2021 #24 Share Posted May 2, 2021 19 minutes ago, dog said: Works here in Canada where we make appointments, running out of vaccines, even with a few pop up clinics we have people wanting to get vaccinated. IMO, Canada will be in a surplus situation in August... https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2774089-the-debbie-downers-have-been-right-all-along/page/20/?tab=comments#comment-61048189 As chengkp75 pointed out, vaccines have a limited storage life. So, we will have to plan ahead about what to do with our surplus. Definitely don't want to waste any! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzsnooze Posted May 2, 2021 #25 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Crew are people too so getting them vaccinated helps the world too. Getting as many people vaccinated as possible is a good thing regardless of who or where they are from. 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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