郵輪公司無視疾控警告，照常營業(yè)致疫情擴(kuò)散
Nicole Goodkind
2022-01-06
美國疾病控制與預(yù)防中心向所有潛在的郵輪旅行者發(fā)出信息：不要乘坐。
該中心上周發(fā)布了新冠肺炎預(yù)警信息，稱搭乘郵輪為高風(fēng)險(xiǎn)旅行活動，對于已完全接種疫苗的人也同樣如此。該機(jī)構(gòu)稱:“新冠肺炎病毒極易在船上近距離接觸的人群中傳播，即使你已經(jīng)完全接種了疫苗，也接種了加強(qiáng)針，在郵輪上感染新冠的幾率也非常高。”
隨著高傳染性的奧密克戎變種繼續(xù)在全國快速傳播，美國疾控中心上周表示，目前正在對90多艘出現(xiàn)了疫情的船只進(jìn)行調(diào)查。挪威郵輪公司（Norwegian Cruise Line）和皇家加勒比（Royal Caribbean）均報(bào)告本月船上出現(xiàn)了新冠肺炎陽性病例，并因此加強(qiáng)了船上的口罩防疫政策。嘉年華郵輪公司（Carnival Cruise Line）本月也恢復(fù)了佩戴口罩的政策。
但警告和高感染率并未阻止游客乘船環(huán)游世界。
“疾控中心還說，我們到哪里都應(yīng)該戴上口罩，”嘉年華“展望號”（Vista）郵輪的乘客弗朗西娜·劉易斯向休斯敦新聞電臺KHOU-11表示，“但你看有人戴嗎?”
挪威郵輪公司稱，與其他公共環(huán)境相比，本公司郵輪上的游客更不容易感染新冠。挪威和嘉年華表示，盡管疾控中心發(fā)出警告，他們?nèi)詫⒗^續(xù)執(zhí)行常規(guī)的行程和航線。迪士尼“奇跡號”（Wonder）和嘉年華“展望號”郵輪將于本月載著數(shù)千名乘客從加爾維斯頓啟航。“我相信如果情況真的這么糟、這么惡劣的花，嘉年華不會讓我們上船的。我是這么認(rèn)為的。”劉易斯說道。
自疾控中心發(fā)布警告后，已有郵輪從新奧爾良和佛羅里達(dá)出發(fā)。“不管怎么樣，我都還是會坐郵輪玩這一趟的。”乍得·斯托特向當(dāng)?shù)匦侣勁_福克斯8頻道（Fox 8）表示，他上周剛從新奧爾良的嘉年華“榮耀號”（Glory）下船，“該發(fā)生的總是要發(fā)生。我已經(jīng)得過新冠了。我也打過疫苗了。”
挪威、皇家加勒比和嘉年華2020年都虧損了，2021年預(yù)計(jì)仍將繼續(xù)虧損。在美國疾控中心上周發(fā)布郵輪乘坐指南后，他們的股價(jià)出現(xiàn)下跌。
代表行業(yè)利益的國際郵輪協(xié)會(Cruise Lines International Association)對疾控中心的聲明表示不理解。
該協(xié)會稱:“一直以來，郵輪上發(fā)現(xiàn)的病例都只占船上總?cè)藬?shù)的很小一部分，因此美國疾病控制與預(yù)防中心提高郵輪旅行風(fēng)險(xiǎn)等級的決定著實(shí)令人費(fèi)解。”（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）
譯者：Agatha
美國疾病控制與預(yù)防中心向所有潛在的郵輪旅行者發(fā)出信息：不要乘坐。
該中心上周發(fā)布了新冠肺炎預(yù)警信息，稱搭乘郵輪為高風(fēng)險(xiǎn)旅行活動，對于已完全接種疫苗的人也同樣如此。該機(jī)構(gòu)稱:“新冠肺炎病毒極易在船上近距離接觸的人群中傳播，即使你已經(jīng)完全接種了疫苗，也接種了加強(qiáng)針，在郵輪上感染新冠的幾率也非常高。”
隨著高傳染性的奧密克戎變種繼續(xù)在全國快速傳播，美國疾控中心上周表示，目前正在對90多艘出現(xiàn)了疫情的船只進(jìn)行調(diào)查。挪威郵輪公司（Norwegian Cruise Line）和皇家加勒比（Royal Caribbean）均報(bào)告本月船上出現(xiàn)了新冠肺炎陽性病例，并因此加強(qiáng)了船上的口罩防疫政策。嘉年華郵輪公司（Carnival Cruise Line）本月也恢復(fù)了佩戴口罩的政策。
但警告和高感染率并未阻止游客乘船環(huán)游世界。
“疾控中心還說，我們到哪里都應(yīng)該戴上口罩，”嘉年華“展望號”（Vista）郵輪的乘客弗朗西娜·劉易斯向休斯敦新聞電臺KHOU-11表示，“但你看有人戴嗎?”
挪威郵輪公司稱，與其他公共環(huán)境相比，本公司郵輪上的游客更不容易感染新冠。挪威和嘉年華表示，盡管疾控中心發(fā)出警告，他們?nèi)詫⒗^續(xù)執(zhí)行常規(guī)的行程和航線。迪士尼“奇跡號”（Wonder）和嘉年華“展望號”郵輪將于本月載著數(shù)千名乘客從加爾維斯頓啟航。“我相信如果情況真的這么糟、這么惡劣的花，嘉年華不會讓我們上船的。我是這么認(rèn)為的。”劉易斯說道。
自疾控中心發(fā)布警告后，已有郵輪從新奧爾良和佛羅里達(dá)出發(fā)。“不管怎么樣，我都還是會坐郵輪玩這一趟的。”乍得·斯托特向當(dāng)?shù)匦侣勁_福克斯8頻道（Fox 8）表示，他上周剛從新奧爾良的嘉年華“榮耀號”（Glory）下船，“該發(fā)生的總是要發(fā)生。我已經(jīng)得過新冠了。我也打過疫苗了。”
挪威、皇家加勒比和嘉年華2020年都虧損了，2021年預(yù)計(jì)仍將繼續(xù)虧損。在美國疾控中心上周發(fā)布郵輪乘坐指南后，他們的股價(jià)出現(xiàn)下跌。
代表行業(yè)利益的國際郵輪協(xié)會(Cruise Lines International Association)對疾控中心的聲明表示不理解。
該協(xié)會稱:“一直以來，郵輪上發(fā)現(xiàn)的病例都只占船上總?cè)藬?shù)的很小一部分，因此美國疾病控制與預(yù)防中心提高郵輪旅行風(fēng)險(xiǎn)等級的決定著實(shí)令人費(fèi)解。”（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）
譯者：Agatha
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a message for potential cruise-goers: Don’t do it.
The agency issued a COVID-19 warning last week, calling cruising a high-risk travel activity, even among the fully vaccinated. “The virus that causes COVID-19 spreads easily between people in close quarters on board ships, and the chance of getting COVID-19 on cruise ships is very high, even if you are fully vaccinated and have received a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose,” an agency advisory read.
As the highly contagious Omicron variant continues its rapid spread across the country, the agency said last week that it’s currently investigating COVID breakouts on more than 90 ships. Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean reported positive COVID-19 cases on ships this month, and have strengthened their onboard mask policies as a result. Carnival Cruise Line also reinstated a mask policy this month.
But the warnings and high rates of infection aren’t stopping cruise-goers from getting on ships and sailing across the globe.
“CDC also says we should wear a mask everywhere we go,” Francena Lewis, who was aboard Carnival’s Vista cruise ship, told KHOU-11, a Houston news station. “But you see anybody doing that?”
Norwegian Cruise Line said it believed its guests were better protected from contracting COVID-19 than in any other general settings. Norwegian and Carnival have said they will continue on with their normal itineraries and schedules despite the CDC warning. Disney’s Wonder cruise ship and Carnival’s Vista are set to sail out of Galveston this month with thousands of passengers on board. “I believe that Carnival wouldn’t let us get on this cruise if it was that bad and that toxic. That’s my opinion on it,” said Lewis.
Cruises departed from New Orleans and Florida after the CDC warnings were issued. “I still would have gone on the cruise regardless,” Chad Stout, who disembarked from the Carnival Glory in New Orleans last week, told local news source Fox 8. “It is what it is. I’ve had COVID. I got the shot.”
Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, and Carnival all lost money in 2020 and are expected to do so again in 2021. Their stock prices fell after the CDC released their cruise guidance last week.
The Cruise Lines International Association, a group that represents the interests of the industry, expressed confusion at the announcement.
“The decision by the CDC to raise the travel level for cruise is particularly perplexing considering that cases identified on cruise ships consistently make up a very slim minority of the total population on board,” it said.
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