How to Minimize Covid Risk on a Cruise

2 years, 10 months ago

How to Minimize Covid Risk on a Cruise

In this week's edition of the Covid Q&A, we tackle vacations. In hopes of making this very confusing time just a little less so, each week Bloomberg Prognosis picks one reader question and puts it to experts in the field. It highlighted something many passengers don’t think about: Cruise ships are excellent breeding grounds for viruses. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that Covid spreads easily on ships because passengers are traveling in such close quarters. “This means to prepare for the cruise, all four of you should be fully vaccinated and boosted,” says Jessica Justman, an infectious diseases specialist and epidemiologist at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

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