Onelife wrote: ↑09 Oct 2020, 09:54
I predicted a couple of months back that we would have a vaccine by Christmas and cruising would resume sometime around April/May 21.
Well it looks like my first prediction could be about right, however, having given my second prediction further thought l think l'll be needing to take another look at the tea leaves. If reports are correct the vaccine roll out will concentrate on the most vulnerable with a sliding scale of inoculation for the rest of us old foggies. What is not clear is where the cut off point comes with regard to who gets the vaccine and who doesn't. There is talk that the less vulnerable may not get the vaccine at all? This seems a sensible approach but it dose raise another question with regard to cruising. When you look at the staffing of cruise ships most would fall outside the suggested cut off point which then begs the question how can the cruise industry get around this. Something the cruise lines should be considering l would suggest.
There were reports in the paper the other day that the vaccine was going to be for the over 50’s only, plus health and care workers and some younger people considered to be in the vulnerable category.
There was also a pecking order for vaccinations. From memory, it was something like ‘ health and care workers first, over 85s, over 80s, over 75’s, over 70s, over 65’s, under 65s who are in a vulnerable category, over 60s, over 55s, over 50s.
To be honest, at this point a vaccine is barely on my radar, we don’t know anything about effectiveness or how often we’d need it, or even when it’s available. ( even though they keep saying ‘this year’). I strongly doubt that the roll out will be quick - so nothing much will be changing in the short term.