Rare Eglesbrech Posted July 20, 2022 #501 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Megabear2 said: But you aren't allowed to go to the doctor with covid symptoms- long term you may be right but short term it's all on trust. You aren’t supposed to go to the Doctor if you are aware that you have any transmittable disease. Usually done by call / video. Yes some of it will be on trust and we all know how trusting insurance company’s are😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted July 20, 2022 #502 Share Posted July 20, 2022 49 minutes ago, Megabear2 said: Which cruises is that for Dave, I'm currently abroad(!) so I have the call to book rather than prices option at present. See this https://www.pocruises.com/solo-travellers 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted July 20, 2022 #503 Share Posted July 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said: You aren’t supposed to go to the Doctor if you are aware that you have any transmittable disease. Usually done by call / video. Yes some of it will be on trust and we all know how trusting insurance company’s are😀 I had chicken pox when I was 38. No idea it was chicken pox and went to work - it was on my torso. Felt a bit under the weather but not aware of any contact. Eventually on day 4 saw the doctor and you could have knocked me down with a feather when he diagnosed me. With covid I knew what the symptoms were so could take precautions but now all testing etc has flown to the wind in living with covid times. Can't say I'll be happy with my £8,000 Christmas cruise on the horizon if come end of September I'm relying on an insurance company, particularly after my current problems with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted July 20, 2022 #504 Share Posted July 20, 2022 31 minutes ago, Dermotsgirl said: Probably not exactly the same, as you don't live with the people on your plane for two weeks and in hotels you might have more room to distance in the hotel grounds, and you probably don't all do the same things together during the day - it's less of a closed community But that's not really the point I was making. If a person went on three cruises and got infected on two of them, is there a tipping point where they say 'blow that for a lark', and simply don't cruise anymore There are also those that just get on with their holidays without worry. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermotsgirl Posted July 20, 2022 #505 Share Posted July 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, zap99 said: There are also those that just get on with their holidays without worry. Well yes, there will be some who get repeatedly infected but not be bothered about it, until something happens to make them bothered about it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted July 20, 2022 #506 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Dermotsgirl said: As I said to Paul, that's not not really the point I was making. But, it could easily apply to hotel holidays. If a person did three hotel holidays, and got infected on two of them, would there be a tipping point where they felt the risk of catching covid again would outweigh the pleasure of the holiday. Some folk gave up months ago. Some are prepared to carry on. Edited July 20, 2022 by zap99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billish Posted July 20, 2022 #507 Share Posted July 20, 2022 38 minutes ago, Dermotsgirl said: word of mouth reports In other words, guesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermotsgirl Posted July 20, 2022 #508 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Billish said: In other words, guesses. What else can we do? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulatsea Posted July 20, 2022 #509 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) CDC in the US have stopped all their monitoring of cases on cruises. At some point all mandatory testing will stop everywhere. There are no tests for any other infectious diseases. I am not saying this is right or wrong - but I think it’s inevitable. Edited July 20, 2022 by paulatsea 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX-Drew Posted July 20, 2022 #510 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I recall reading recently that Celebrity are no longer testing crew that are joining their ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulatsea Posted July 20, 2022 #511 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 minute ago, MX-Drew said: I recall reading recently that Celebrity are no longer testing crew that are joining their ships. Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX-Drew Posted July 20, 2022 #512 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Just now, paulatsea said: Yep Does it therefore not follow they will do the same for guests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulatsea Posted July 20, 2022 #513 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 minute ago, paulatsea said: Yep Testing Is not really having any significant effect anymore . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulatsea Posted July 20, 2022 #514 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 minute ago, MX-Drew said: Does it therefore not follow they will do the same for guests? Probably yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted July 20, 2022 #515 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Just now, MX-Drew said: I recall reading recently that Celebrity are no longer testing crew that are joining their ships. We are on Celebrity at the moment. All staff are wearing masks. No staff shortage here. Great service. Currently sitting on the balcony watching the Norwegian coast drift by, worrying why we are not worried about..........what was it again ?. To those who are worried....good luck to you, your choice. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted July 20, 2022 #516 Share Posted July 20, 2022 44 minutes ago, Gettingwarmer said: See this https://www.pocruises.com/solo-travellers OK if you want an inside, but I always have a balcony. Cannot see supplements removed from them any time soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX-Drew Posted July 20, 2022 #517 Share Posted July 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, zap99 said: We are on Celebrity at the moment. All staff are wearing masks. No staff shortage here. Great service. Currently sitting on the balcony watching the Norwegian coast drift by, worrying why we are not worried about..........what was it again ?. To those who are worried....good luck to you, your choice. At no point did I say I'm worried, I'm off on a Princess cruise on Saturday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulatsea Posted July 20, 2022 #518 Share Posted July 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, zap99 said: We are on Celebrity at the moment. All staff are wearing masks. No staff shortage here. Great service. Currently sitting on the balcony watching the Norwegian coast drift by, worrying why we are not worried about..........what was it again ?. To those who are worried....good luck to you, your choice. Glad to hear it zap . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted July 20, 2022 #519 Share Posted July 20, 2022 16 minutes ago, MX-Drew said: At no point did I say I'm worried, I'm off on a Princess cruise on Saturday. Sorry, I didn't mean to infer that you were. Some on here have been telling us every bad thing that can happen for the last 30 months.🤣 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkypete Posted July 20, 2022 #520 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, zap99 said: Sorry, I didn't mean to infer that you were. Some on here have been telling us every bad thing that can happen for the last 30 months.🤣 And you have been lucky because most of the 'bad things' have happened!Ask yourself why all the crew are wearing masks. As an after thought, maybe if anyone knows how to do it then they could use the Freedom of Information Act to get the true figures from P&O and find out what is really going on. Edited July 20, 2022 by Yorkypete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billish Posted July 20, 2022 #521 Share Posted July 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, Yorkypete said: And you have been lucky because most of the 'bad things' have happened!Ask yourself why all the crew are wearing masks. As an after thought, maybe if anyone knows how to do it then they could use the Freedom of Information Act to get the true figures from P&O and find out what is really going on. FoIA does not apply to P&O. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted July 20, 2022 #522 Share Posted July 20, 2022 45 minutes ago, Yorkypete said: And you have been lucky because most of the 'bad things' have happened!Ask yourself why all the crew are wearing masks. As an after thought, maybe if anyone knows how to do it then they could use the Freedom of Information Act to get the true figures from P&O and find out what is really going on. Perhaps P&O will tell you what the figures are on Celebrity. Personally I am not that interested. The crew on Celebrity are wearing masks because they are told to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted July 20, 2022 #523 Share Posted July 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Dermotsgirl said: Well yes, there will be some who get repeatedly infected but not be bothered about it, until something happens to make them bothered about it But surely that is always the case, none of us are time travellers so we have no idea what the future is going to throw up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Hill Posted July 20, 2022 #524 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Yorkypete said: And you have been lucky because most of the 'bad things' have happened!Ask yourself why all the crew are wearing masks. As an after thought, maybe if anyone knows how to do it then they could use the Freedom of Information Act to get the true figures from P&O and find out what is really going on. FoI’s are only applicable to public bodies, which Cruise lines aren’t. The port at Southampton is operated by Associated British Ports, again not a public body, so FOI not applicable there. Edited July 20, 2022 by Snow Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelaghL Posted July 20, 2022 #525 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I note that people travelling in Sept have had emails. We are sailing 2 October, but no email yet. Wonder if they will be reviewing again before then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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