The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Monday that it will no longer report Covid-19 cases on cruise ships.
“As of July 18, 2022, CDC’s COVID-19 Program for Cruise Ships is no longer in effect and this page will no longer be updated. New guidance for cruise ships to mitigate and manage COVID-19 transmission will be available in the coming days,” the CDC announced on its website.
The announcement comes after a major Covid outbreak on the Coral Princess Cruise Ship where the passengers and staff were all vaccinated.
Cruise ships full of only the vaccinated are experiencing large outbreaks of Covid.
What does that tell you?
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) July 14, 2022
The CDC stopped sharing covid data for cruise ships today. If you want to know if there's an outbreak on a ship, the agency recommends you call the cruise line yourself. News from @amandajfinnegan and me t.co/n48RNHEmpc
— Gabe Hiatt (@Gabecito) July 18, 2022
Like the quiet shift in how community risk levels are calculated, this seems part of a developing strategy best described as "pretend it isn't happening."
— Tiffany Sanders (@TIFFLS) July 19, 2022