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Old Jul 17, 2020 | 9:04 am
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Badenoch
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Originally Posted by Randyk47
I never back in February-March in my worst moments thought this pandemic would be as bad as it has turned out to be. Fast forward to today and the CDC recently warned of a potential second and more deadly wave well before there are any viable and widely available vaccines. My optimism of early this year is pretty well used up. A second wave that takes us into next year I think would devastate the travel industry and one of the first niches to fall would be the major cruise lines. The outlook is bleak.
I'm not quite that pessimistic. I am however prudent. The greatest travel risk currently would appear to be taking a cruise. I won't take one without a proven vaccine or the virus burns out like SARS did. I will travel again but may never cruise again.
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