Rare PTC DAWG Posted January 31, 2022 #76 Share Posted January 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, chamima said: And yet, 2000 people a day are dying from Covid in the US from what you say is "not much serious health risk". How many of those people are fully vaccinated? That's what we are talking about here, a cruise ship with everyone fully vaccinated...that reduces the risk greatly... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted January 31, 2022 #77 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, TeeRick said: What was the brand of these tests? I stand corrected there are 2 tests in each box, so we did get 4. Here is what we received. Edited January 31, 2022 by jelayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted January 31, 2022 #78 Share Posted January 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, PTC DAWG said: How many of those people are fully vaccinated? That's what we are talking about here, a cruise ship with everyone fully vaccinated...that reduces the risk greatly... Yes that is exactly what I was saying. The risk to fully vaccinated and boosted cruise passengers on ships for serious complications is extremely low. And the data has proven that to be the case if you follow those reports from passengers on the ships. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted January 31, 2022 #79 Share Posted January 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, jelayne said: I stand corrected there are 2 tests in each box, so we did get 4. Here is what we received. Thanks. That is what I ordered and received from Amazon several weeks ago and it was $29.97 for a box with two tests. Today on Amazon it is $17.98 same kit. So maybe the "free" tests have decreased the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted January 31, 2022 #80 Share Posted January 31, 2022 22 minutes ago, chamima said: And yet, 2000 people a day are dying from Covid in the US from what you say is "not much serious health risk". C'mon you know that is not what I said or implied. I was referring to cruise passengers vaccinated and boosted. But thanks for responding to my post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneStarr Posted January 31, 2022 #81 Share Posted January 31, 2022 27 minutes ago, TeeRick said: Thanks. That is what I ordered and received from Amazon several weeks ago and it was $29.97 for a box with two tests. Today on Amazon it is $17.98 same kit. So maybe the "free" tests have decreased the price. I’ve bought those directly from iHealth before. They’re well-designed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oville Posted January 31, 2022 #82 Share Posted January 31, 2022 56 minutes ago, TeeRick said: Yes that is exactly what I was saying. The risk to fully vaccinated and boosted cruise passengers on ships for serious complications is extremely low. And the data has proven that to be the case if you follow those reports from passengers on the ships. Do you need a booster to cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichYak Posted January 31, 2022 #83 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 hour ago, chamima said: And yet, 2000 people a day are dying from Covid in the US from what you say is "not much serious health risk". 57 minutes ago, PTC DAWG said: How many of those people are fully vaccinated? That's what we are talking about here, a cruise ship with everyone fully vaccinated...that reduces the risk greatly... The CDC's most recent data is from November 2021. During November, unvaccinated adults had 68x greater risk of dying from Covid-19 compared to fully vaccinated and boosted adults. Using that figure, divide 2000 by 68 and you get about 29 vaxxed and boosted people dying from Covid per day, in the whole of the US. Source: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-status Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted January 31, 2022 #84 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 hour ago, jelayne said: I stand corrected there are 2 tests in each box, so we did get 4. Here is what we received. 1 hour ago, TeeRick said: Thanks. That is what I ordered and received from Amazon several weeks ago and it was $29.97 for a box with two tests. Today on Amazon it is $17.98 same kit. So maybe the "free" tests have decreased the price. I bought a box from Amazon a few weeks ago. It cost about $19 and took about 10 days for them to finally ship to me. I preferred the Abbott design, probably because that's what I'm most used to. No gummint freebie tests for me yet, even though I ordered on the beta day. ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted January 31, 2022 #85 Share Posted January 31, 2022 36 minutes ago, Oville said: Do you need a booster to cruise? Not required yet on Celebrity as you are well aware I am sure. But many cruise passengers on Celebrity ships are older in age and many have opted to get boosted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cgolf1 Posted January 31, 2022 #86 Share Posted January 31, 2022 To get back to this cruise, does anyone know what day the test the crew on the Constellation? That might be interesting if more are added after the test day, I hope not. Also with the Constellation porting on the west cost of Florida do they have access to getting relief crew like the RCG ships sailing from the east coast of Florida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrk2cruise Posted January 31, 2022 #87 Share Posted January 31, 2022 My guess would be Wednesday as we were tested for B2B on a Thursday and I believe crew was tested the day before. But it may vary from week to week. Last week some crew seemed to disappear on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bead Pirate Posted January 31, 2022 #88 Share Posted January 31, 2022 When we were on the 11 night holiday the crew did indeed start going missing on Thursday. We are getting back on the Connie on Friday for a 10 night cruise when the current cruise ends. Will keep an eye out for changes in crew. I did notice when we got off the Connie on last cruise (we were among last off) that the loading crew was "hustling" plastic wrapped mattress's off the ship and loading new matress on the ship. It may be part of the protocol to do a swap (who knows, certainly not I). I intend to keep an eye on the activity with regard to loading on Thursday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bead Pirate Posted January 31, 2022 #89 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Sorry meant Friday ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted January 31, 2022 #90 Share Posted January 31, 2022 4 hours ago, Oville said: Do you need a booster to cruise? I personally wouldn't go on a cruise without one, regardless of whether or not the cruise lines required it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrk2cruise Posted January 31, 2022 #91 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I think they are still in the process of upgrading the bedding. On our 1/3-1/24 sailing they were offloading definitely used mattresses at one of the ports for disposal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 31, 2022 #92 Share Posted January 31, 2022 15 minutes ago, wrk2cruise said: I think they are still in the process of upgrading the bedding. On our 1/3-1/24 sailing they were offloading definitely used mattresses at one of the ports for disposal. That would be good. We sailed the restart in a RS, and while everything else was fantastic, I'm pretty sure the mattress dated back to the 2002 build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrk2cruise Posted January 31, 2022 #93 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Bedding in our S1 suite was wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado_Ag Posted January 31, 2022 #94 Share Posted January 31, 2022 4 hours ago, cgolf1 said: To get back to this cruise, does anyone know what day the test the crew on the Constellation? That might be interesting if more are added after the test day, I hope not. Also with the Constellation porting on the west cost of Florida do they have access to getting relief crew like the RCG ships sailing from the east coast of Florida? I asked the bartender that question on Wednesday and he told me that it is a rolling schedule because testing them all on a single day is a logistical nightmare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oville Posted February 1, 2022 #95 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, TeeRick said: Not required yet on Celebrity as you are well aware I am sure. But many cruise passengers on Celebrity ships are older in age and many have opted to get boosted. Don’t be so sure, we canceled our April cruise in December and haven’t checked the vaccine and booster status since other than what I read on here. There is a question I do have, we got our boosters in early October so 3 months ago. Do you have any scientific info on how long the boosters last until they start to wane? Thank you. Edited February 1, 2022 by Oville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamima Posted February 1, 2022 #96 Share Posted February 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, Oville said: Don’t be so sure, we canceled our April cruise in December and haven’t checked the vaccine and booster status since other than what I read on here. There is a question I do have, we got our boosters in early October so 3 months ago. Do you have any scientific info on how long the boosters last until they start to wane? Thank you. I was wondering the same thing. We got ours in August so going on 6 months. I know they're recommending a second booster (4th shot) in Israel and Israel seems to be ahead of the curve in what to do so am just waiting for the announcement here to get another one. I felt really lousy for a couple of days after the last one so am not looking forward to doing that again, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oville Posted February 1, 2022 #97 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, chamima said: I was wondering the same thing. We got ours in August so going on 6 months. I know they're recommending a second booster (4th shot) in Israel and Israel seems to be ahead of the curve in what to do so am just waiting for the announcement here to get another one. I felt really lousy for a couple of days after the last one so am not looking forward to doing that again, though. Thanks for sharing. I’m an asthmatic and take a puff Breo everyday to live a normal life. Obviously I’ve been really careful the last couple of years. TeeRick is very knowledgeable and tied into medical science and I for one appreciate his posts here on CC. I’m certainly not looking for medical advice from him but I am confused about the boosters and how long they are effective. Just Looking for an opinion. Edited February 1, 2022 by Oville 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted February 1, 2022 #98 Share Posted February 1, 2022 13 hours ago, Oville said: Don’t be so sure, we canceled our April cruise in December and haven’t checked the vaccine and booster status since other than what I read on here. There is a question I do have, we got our boosters in early October so 3 months ago. Do you have any scientific info on how long the boosters last until they start to wane? Thank you. As far as I know, Celebrity has not required booster doses yet, but some other cruise lines have (or will soon) according to the Cruise Critic News article. https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/6676/ According to the CDC, immunocompromised individuals are eligible for a 4th dose at 6 months after the third dose - but I think now changed to 5 months. Hard to discuss here on CC without running into the Red Banner rule. If I were immunocompromised, I would personally make my own decision to not cruise right now- booster or no booster. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-10-27/cdc-immunocompromised-people-may-get-4-covid-19-vaccine-shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeRick Posted February 1, 2022 #99 Share Posted February 1, 2022 13 hours ago, Oville said: Thanks for sharing. I’m an asthmatic and take a puff Breo everyday to live a normal life. Obviously I’ve been really careful the last couple of years. TeeRick is very knowledgeable and tied into medical science and I for one appreciate his posts here on CC. I’m certainly not looking for medical advice from him but I am confused about the boosters and how long they are effective. Just Looking for an opinion. Thanks for the recognition but as you know this walks a fine line here so I suggest you discuss with your physician. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipeeinthepools Posted February 1, 2022 #100 Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 hour ago, TeeRick said: Thanks for the recognition but as you know this walks a fine line here so I suggest you discuss with your physician. Sorry. Everyone knows the real experts are on CC. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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