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Old May 6, 2020 | 8:41 pm
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Originally Posted by BearX220
At this point the percentage of avid, habitual cruise passengers willing to risk COVID exposure by sailing is probably trivial. The rest of the addressable market currently equates cruising with getting sick and maybe dying, and no amount of discounting will get them packing bags.
There's no way to know who's right, but I strongly disagree. I think there are plenty of people who would go back to normal life (including cruising) immediately if given the choice. Fear of coronavirus isn't going to keep these people from living their lives.
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