As cruise lines aim to sail out of South Florida for the first time in over a year, many operators are fighting to require passengers to be fully vaccinated, but Governor Ron DeSantis says businesses in the state are not allowed to ask about vaccine statuses. Travel business news reporter for Business Insider, Brittany Chang, joins News NOW to discuss how the cruise ship industry is responding and what legal action they could take against Florida.
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Was gonna go on a cruise this Feb but if they're requiring the jab they won't get my money.
So you can't go on your vacation cruise. So sorry.
Do these restrictions apply to someone who has had Covid-19 as well, vaccinated or unvaccinated? They can still spread it right?
Anyone that wants to get vaccinated, can get mine for free, all of three if you want !t want!
I think it's pretty absurd that cruise line industry wants to require a vaccine passport, yet demonrats are basing their entire desire to have the Federal Government take over election laws. States would no longer be independent in their voting laws, and the Democrats reason for doing so, is that requiring an ID to VOTE, leaves many minorities unable to vote! It's crazy, when you see that an ID is required for just about everything we do. It's also racist to assume minorities can't get an ID!!
Yet another sign of the hypocrisy in our country!
Stop going and send them to California I guess
law suits wow
Let them cut their noses off to spite their face. Its all about money, cruise ships will not cut their incomes over this. Nobody wants a cruise now anyway
Keep in mind that Cruise liners helped facilitate the pandemic in the US and the world. These ships are like B52 bombers.
The cruise lines are not god.
The lines started gamma 5 on the Princess.
NCL can go to pieces. Won’t travel with them.
I agree, all cowards and traitors of the U.S. should get the vaccines immediately! Sure, some at risk individuals probably should flip the quarter on it and they have every right to be afraid but the majority of people won't have complications. Most people have had it multiple times and are fine with their own immune system and antibodies.
#NoVaccinePassports #FuxTheVax
Hey DeSantis … What do you think officials in NY, NJ, Georgia and Virginia right now ? You have no cause to object to broken contracts when the cruise lines move to Savanna, Norfolk.
I agree that non-vaxed people should be allowed to cruise. Without masks. This will speed up the infection rates of the anti-vaxers, quicken herd immunity, and allow the world to return to business. If anti-vaxers die because of this, it's their choice. Darwin had a theory about this…………
Don't take a cruise, take a real vacation. Cruise lines can go under, along with the NBA and NFL…
You have to be one sorry loser to even take a cruse ship
If you aren't vaccinated you shouldn't be allowed on a plane or cruise..
They should just kick the cruise lines out that's it
Do a cruise one no shots and one with the shot make that money
They just tested eight crew members positive on a ship and DeSantis wants to go again CDC on holding the cruise lines I think that's crazy these people come from all over and a lot of places are not as vaccinated as we are and we're not even that vaccinated yet only 40% I wouldn't want to go on one
Cruise lines are saying those who are vaccinated will be treated different (better) than those who don’t have the vaccine… wow Open Discrimination! For those who are not getting the vaccine as me; just won’t cruise anymore until something changes that won’t include the CDC and government dictation…smh
I support Ron Desantis
Thank God for President Trump, DeSantis, and everyone else speaking the TRUTH! The China Flu-Virus was planted, planned, and those that continue to believe that face diapers work ARE part of the problem. STOP testing since that doesn't work either and it's past time to cruise
Desantis is in the minority here – all the ports of call for these cruise ships want the passengers to be vaccinated….
Thank you Gov. DeSantis
Norwegian & other cruise lines can go somewhere else. Good luck trying to find an Eastern southern state that allow "vaccine passports".
The mark of the beast seems a little closer now…
F… Desantos Vaccine shots work!