Ray

The numbers show that.

Thing is its not just cruiseships! Like it or not facemasks will be part of the new norm for a good while yet be it on land or sea!
Right now if you want to go into town by bus or taxi facemasks must be worn, you go for something to eat you need a facemask when you enter the premises, you go for a beer or 6 you need a mask!
If you want to go abroad then Airlines will probably keep facemasks as a code of practice for a long time, well after vaccines have been given. Hotels you need to have them and if you are in your room when roomservice arrives you need to put on a facemask before they enter.
Simple fact is the world has changed forever, things will never be like they were before.
AND if this link is true its not going to get better any time soon so we may as well make the best of what we have while we can 
 
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-london-parts-two-counties-23166009.amp?utm_source=upday&utm_medium=referral

We will eventually be back to maskless cruising. It's just a matter of how long it will take. 
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Isnt that what i said in 1st paragraph? FOR A GOOD WHILE YET! I never said forever 

You missed my point....you asked can RC expect things the answer is no they can only hope! They like the taxi drivers or bus companies, the small cafe you get lunch, hotels, airlines, bars and restaurants,basically every business going cannot expect people to use them they can only hope! 
Its not these companies setting the rules or guidelines its the CDC or local governments who are saying this or that must be done.
The cost is irrelevant if people dont sail cruiselines close their doors which is the same for local cafes or taxi companies if people dont use their services, so no RC cannot expect they can only hope.
If these companies say we are not operating until this virus is gone then they will go bust, companies must keep going best they can just to keep their doors open, and in doing this they need to follow guidelines whether we like it or not.
If we dont like it we don't do it....simple 
 
 

Looking forward to starting  a collection of RC Facemasks ?

I will wear one on vacation.  I do not want to, but if I want to go somewhere I have to.  I have been wearing them and still ended up with covid.  I do not believe they are effective at all. I will not shame anyone for wearing or not wearing a mask.  We have been hoping, like most cruisers, for cruising to start again in the US to see what cruising will look like with the new protocols in place.  We are booked for July, here is hoping the bugs are worked out before then, and maybe masks will be optional by that time.

New PPE for pool lifegaurds ?

New PPE for pool lifegaurds ?

Looking forward to starting  a collection of RC Facemasks ?

Looking forward to starting  a collection of RC Facemasks ?

Looking forward to starting  a collection of RC Facemasks ?

Looking forward to starting  a collection of RC Facemasks ?

Agree 100% Joe ...We (The UK) like many countries are writing the rule book day by day!
Problem was and still is that no one has a bloody clue whats going on! 
We went into lockdown but you could still go to shops for food however you didnt need a mask then when lockdown was lifted we had to wear them?? Surely masks should have been implemented from the start! 
Boris and Nicola have been having a "who can P!$$ the furthest " competition since this began and its been a complete shambles!!!!

Looking forward to starting  a collection of RC Facemasks ?

New PPE for pool lifegaurds ?

Next pandemic.

New PPE for pool lifegaurds ?

I knew it was Apple's fault. It's the 5G radios in their new phones...

Agree 100% Joe ...We (The UK) like many countries are writing the rule book day by day!
Problem was and still is that no one has a bloody clue whats going on! 
We went into lockdown but you could still go to shops for food however you didnt need a mask then when lockdown was lifted we had to wear them?? Surely masks should have been implemented from the start! 
Boris and Nicola have been having a "who can P!$$ the furthest " competition since this began and its been a complete shambles!!!!

New PPE for pool lifegaurds ?

Interesting report from Italy where they retested samples taken from a 4yr old early Dec 2019 
https://bgr.com/2020/12/11/coronavirus-origin-story-italy-strain-december-2019-matches-wuhan/amp/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=upday

New PPE for pool lifegaurds ?

Just in case some lawyer in Florida missed it! Obviously someone has to be held accountable for the spread of the virus in the US ?

This could be a dangerous gamble. There have been enough reports over the last 10 months of people who were otherwise healthy -- early / mid 20s, active, non-smokers, good diet, not overweight / asthmatic / other risk category -- yet landed in a hospital on a ventilator for 2-3 weeks, that those who are of this mindset really do need to be careful and not treat this cavalierly. I get not wanting to be a guinea pig for a totally new vaccine, but this virus triggers such randomly strong symptoms and immune reactions that no one should consider themselves safe or low-risk.

As mentioned at the time in my live blog from FOTS, seeing an american woman slightly worse for wear sitting in the Schooner Bar with her husband lift herself up off her seat a little , then proceeded to slip off her underwear and tuck them into her husbands jacket breast pocket ( i hope it was her husband lol )