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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is big. CDC and US State Department just issued statements that all US Citizens should defer all cruise travel at this time.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/covid-19-cruise-ship
https://twitter.com/TravelGov[/quote]

Plus CDC officially put out what it wanted to say yesterday: Older adults and travelers with underlying health issues should avoid situations that put them at increased risk for more severe disease. [b]This entails avoiding crowded places, avoiding non-essential travel such as long plane trips[/b], and especially avoiding embarking on cruise ships.

So hopefully people listen and no cruises for anyone + no travel or conferences or whatever at all for age 60+ or any age if you have other health conditions. But IDK Americans tend not to be good at listening and it's all about MY vacation, MY money etc.
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Really everyone should be reassessing.  They are potential carriers and spreaders even if they are young and have not health problems.  It's about having some sort of personal sense of responsibility for your community and your fellow citizens. Just being a good neighbor.  You don't know if your coworker has a child, spouse or parent with health issues.

Though we know this behavior is because as a society we are individually minded not community minded.  In some ways this can be good, but in times like this really bad.
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Exactly. But lets be real Americans don't have that sense of responsibility. I have friends who are already talking about -- hmm flights are getting cheap, I may go on a vacation, what's the big deal, it would only be a cold if I even got it or so what if I got stuck in Aruba for a few extra days if flights were grounded. So I take it you have no coworkers, neighbors, or friends or relatives in any risk group -- no one over 60 and no younger friends with underlying conditions that may not be tattooed on their foreheads? You don't intend to come back and take Ubers and grab dinner - thus exposing people who may have conditions you can't see and/or have jobs where they have no sick time/can't telework etc. People are selfish and we need these types of blanket statements from CDC and/or actual cancellations of events like concerts etc. or else ppl will just say -- shrug, I paid, I'm not canceling bc I could get a cold.[/quote]

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