Covid Tests

[tursiops]

It is theater by means of making them "feel" safer. How many are testing negative 1-2 days prior but don't have the viral load to test positive yet? They breeze through onto the boat and then expose the rest of the ship. Covid is a non issue unless you have a form of immune deficiency or have had your immune system shattered due to cancer regardless of vaccination status. This isn't 2.5 years ago when it was causing 2 weeks of walking death. Now it is a mild cold for all classes.

Back on topic... buy trip insurance and keep all your receipts for the trip. If you end up with coldvid then jump through the hoops and make a claim.

If the tests are self administered take one at home and keep it in a pocket. Show them the stick if asked.

I said it helps, not that it solves the problem.

 

[waterone]

So the system DOES help, it is not just theatre.

Parts of it can absolutely help and/or hinder some.

Though a test required within 72 hours of departure, is IMO, pretty much a feel-good thing. Similar to if you travel and arrive within a day or so, testing at the gate is not as effective as well unless you had it prior to travel. There is a lot of room for covid to travel with you on a boat.

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[Joneill]

I suppose one way to define "otherwise healthy" is that they survived their bout with covid?

...or not immunocompromised, fat (a HUGE correlation for that), or with other significant underlying health conditions. My point was that, for the vast majority of people, a positive COVID test did not even remotely mean they were "staring death in the face" as you claimed. Again, that's not to say it was not serious for many as we know it was - I just don't like the baseless and broad sensationalizing of the reality that existed for most.

 

[Jcp2]

It’s not the cold part of mild acute COVID that is the worry, it’s the unknown behind “long” COVID that most people aren’t really aware of.

Who Is Long Covid Hurting? - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts

Stuart Smith used to enjoy driving fast cars, kayaking and flying planes. But the mysterious condition known as “long Covid” has upended his personal and professional life. We spoke with Smith, a lawyer whose career was cut short after he got sick, and WSJ’s Sumathi Reddy and Gwynn Guilford...

www.wsj.com

 

[living4experiences]

If the op you were thinking about booking is Nautilus, then, yes, this is their usual practice...test before boarding. I've been on 2 trips with them during covid. The testing was a PITA. The actual practice of safety protocol was a joke once on board. I'm staying off liveaboards for awhile.

 

[Shasta_man]

<a positive COVID test did not even remotely mean they were "staring death in the face">>

Over a million people died from it in the US alone. That number is not minor. The nice lady down the street who was fit died from it and she seemed "healthy" too. If you didn't die from it, then be glad but that fate is far from certain.

The issue from the very beginning and still is that you cannot precisely define who will die from it. Some people get few symptoms, some die from it. Very young to very old, and in between, fat or fit. The company doesn't want their employees getting COVID or dealing with a boat full of people getting it so they are doing basic diligence to try to avoid that.

 

[Boarderguy]

Over a million people died from it in the US alone. That number is not minor. The nice lady down the street who was fit died from it and she seemed "healthy" too. If you didn't die from it, then be glad but that fate is far from certain.

Died *with* covid, not from. Municipalities were provided more federal financial assistance partly based on how much covid they were having to deal with. Every death that the patient tested pos for covid was reported as a covid death. Comorbidities drove the rates far higher than reality. Yes people died from covid, but it was a small fraction of a percentage of those who died with it.

Cancer, diabetes, obesity, etc all raise your own personal risk of a more severe response to covid. Not all comorbidities are visible to others...

The operators would do better for having a healthy crew if they removed alcohol and smoking than testing in hopes of finding covid.

 

[FishWatcher747]

Exactly. Early on, a positive test was staring death in the face. Now, if you are multiply vaccinated, not so much. The virus keeps changing, the vaccinations are now changing, the goal posts and rules keep changing. One thing for sure, you are better off being vaccinated, and more testing is helpful.

The Denmark Health Service would disagree with this statement. They are no longer offering or providing Covid injections to people under 50.

The UK Health Service would disagree with this statement. They are no longer authorizing covid injections for children under 12.

The new updated "Boosters" have never been tested on humans, just mice.

 

[tursiops]

The Denmark Health Service would disagree with this statement. They are no longer offering or providing Covid injections to people under 50.

The UK Health Service would disagree with this statement. They are no longer authorizing covid injections for children under 12.

The new updated "Boosters" have never been tested on humans, just mice.

Have you seen any non-conspiracy-theory reports of ;problems with the new boosters?

 

[FishWatcher747]

Have you seen any non-conspiracy-theory reports of ;problems with the new boosters?

If you want to take drugs without human trials that is your choice. Good luck with that.

New Covid boosters, which target BA.5, haven't yet been tested in people. How well will they work?

The lack of human data means officials likely won’t know how much better the new shots are — if at all — until the fall booster campaign is well underway.

www.nbcnews.com