Critics say a late-night decision to soften the language in the CDC’s no-sail order is the latest in a misguided decision to let the cruise industry police themselves during the coronavirus pandemic.
The day after Pence’s early March news conference, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that if you’re elderly or have an underlying condition, “you need to think twice about getting on a plane, on a long trip, and not only think twice, just don’t get on a cruise ship.
That included the Norwegian Bliss, which pulled into the Port of New York that Sunday morning after a seven-day cruise to the Bahamas. After disembarking one set of passengers and embarking a new group, it headed toward Nassau, returning on March 15.Even in the hours leading up to the industry’s voluntary suspension, the pattern continued. And passengers continued to buy tickets.
There have been no reports of COVID-19 from Denson’s trip, but the CDC would later report that another of Disney’s ships, the Disney Wonder, carried passengers who would go on to test positive for COVID-19 on back-to-back cruises leaving port on Feb. 28 and March 6. The Cruise Line International Association’s announcement said companies were “focused on the safe and smooth return of those currently at sea onboard ships that will be affected by this decision.”According to its itinerary, the Carnival Imagination spent a “fun day” at sea on the day the suspension was announced, after departing Long Beach, California, the day before. So did its sister ships the Fantasy and Sunrise. All three returned to port on March 16.
"We’ve seen concrete evidence that cruise ships are harbors of disease, and COVID-19 can spread very quickly in confined spaces like cruise ships," said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health at Georgetown University."It should not have happened." "My guess is that most cruise lines were considering the Diamond Princess an isolated incident since she was cruising in the affected region," said Peter Knego, a cruise historian."Some cruise lines were banking incorrectly on the outbreak being contained to Asia."
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