From Cruise Radio:
"While the cruise industry and its supporters are loudly demanding that ships be allowed to resume sailing as soon as possible, opposition voices are making a case for keeping the current ‘Conditional Sailing Order’ in place.
At the heart of the debate? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is charged with making decisions crucial to the future of an embattled industry.
Two politicians, both frequent critics of the cruise industry, have sent a letter to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, urging the public health agency to maintain current restrictions.
“Prospect Of Premature Resumption”
“We write today with significant concern about the prospect of premature resumption of cruise ship operations that could threaten public safety and increase the spread of the coronavirus,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA). “Failing to adhere to this guidance could create unsafe conditions that jeopardize public health,” the politicians added."
I have a one word reply: "Balderdash." Senators, you have always campaigned against the industry in which I work. This is more of your posturing. Please provide some scientific evidence - ANY scientific evidence to backup your claims. And then please shut down the casinos in your states that allow players to sit near each other for 8 hours and longer in close quarters so the gambling industry can thrive, and close the amusement parks again because although they are cleaner than they were they don't live up to the standards of cruise ships. And if you think cruise ships threaten public safety and increase the spread of the coronavirus then you're not prioritizing well, because a heck of a lot more coronavirus came here by airplane than it did by ship, it's just that the ships make the headlines - they're sexier.
Please stop picking on one narrowly targeted segment of the travel industry without good reason. Stop being bullies - it has been 13 months. Allow 450,000 Americans to go back to work, work that brings in over $55 billion to the US economy. This is the most egregious misuse of bureaucratic power I could ever imagine witnessing. You are causing basic hardworking American people to become desperate. Desperate people will do desperate things. Do you not envision the trouble you are brewing? Does history need to continually repeat itself? Are you deaf to the outroar?
I am shaking my head in disbelief. Is this the country of which I was once so proud? I'm just horribly saddened. 😢🚢
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