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Re: Protocols Delayed!!!
[Re: tpcook]
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10/24/2020 09:47 PM
10/24/2020 09:47 PM
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MrEZgoin
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Those with property (like a charter boat) in the BVI will go. We have a booking Dec 8th and we will go unless they make it impossible to do so. Certainly willing to jump through a lot of hoops to be on our boat.
M4000 "Lio Kai"
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Re: Protocols Delayed!!!
[Re: tpcook]
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10/25/2020 01:33 PM
10/25/2020 01:33 PM
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Posts: 1,666 Memphis, BVI, CT
RatmansWife
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Sisterblysse, is this your first trip to the BVI? Even if they gave a time - as in "we'll announce it next Thursday" - it's meaningless. Best to check FB after the fact and see what happened.
And they need to provide ALL the details. Dribbling out length, location and cost of curfew, testing details, arrival protocols, etc. will not cut it.
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Re: Protocols Delayed!!!
[Re: RatmansWife]
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10/25/2020 04:58 PM
10/25/2020 04:58 PM
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sisterblysse
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Sisterblysse, is this your first trip to the BVI? Even if they gave a time - as in "we'll announce it next Thursday" - it's meaningless. Best to check FB after the fact and see what happened.
And they need to provide ALL the details. Dribbling out length, location and cost of curfew, testing details, arrival protocols, etc. will not cut it. hi RatmansWife - not a first timer, I have been a regular visitor and have my boat out there. My December trip has been booked for nearly a year. It will be what it will be but I just want to draw a line under all this now one way or the other and just wondered if someone here has inside intel about a time scheduled for announcement. Checking FB or here frequently in the hopes of news is a real energy drain. This endless speculation is exhausting for all.
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Re: Protocols Delayed!!!
[Re: GeorgiaGirl2]
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10/25/2020 05:33 PM
10/25/2020 05:33 PM
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Posts: 5,720 Massachusetts
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I have a question...if they are truly so concerned about COVID...why were they all using the same microphone during the JVD new conference and holding it mere inches from their face as they passed it around. Additionally, the Premiere and the guy next to him in the purple shirt were often sitting side by side and neither was wearing a mask.
So...Is this really about keeping everyone safe? I, personally, don't think so.
Sadly, I have $ tied up in a charter for jan '21 that I do not believe is going to happen.
My opinion (and YES, i know what they say about opinions...) is that life must go on...this virus has a 99% recovery rate..... The problem is the issue isn't the recovery rate. That has always been part of it. The bigger issue is the rate is dependent upon those needing care getting it. That has always been the biggest issue. And just recently in Utah there was a woman who had a heart attack and needed ICU care and was delayed in getting it because the local hospital had no ICU space available due to covid. She ended up getting it but it likely put her in a worse situation. Imagine something like this in the BVI? Dying because of covid but never having had it? THAT is the real issue. 1% fatality rate (and I've heard 2.5% from experts) is still also not anything to dismiss, that's 1 in 200 people. The younger one is, the better those odds become, but even those that get through it can have long term effects. So I'm really not surprised the BVI hasn't made solid plans yet. With the US seeing a huge increase in cases and little being done in many areas to control it and Eurpoe now seeing additional restrictions because they too are seeing increased cases, I'll be surprised if they open in any reasonable way that allows tourists in. I think we're going to see them have restrictions in place that prevent tourists until a vaccine is available and then they'll require anyone coming in to have that as well as a negative test. Just my 2 cents.
Matt
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Re: Protocols Delayed!!!
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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10/25/2020 09:02 PM
10/25/2020 09:02 PM
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Posts: 559 Apex, NC
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Vaccine availability for vacationers is probably 18 months away. That assumes they even get a working vaccine which is still very much in doubt. Can the BVI survive that long? ??? You must have some information noone else has. From everything I've seen published the vaccine should be widely available in '21. And you say a working vaccine is still very much in doubt - where does that come from? All of the trials seem to be going pretty well. Source please - I'd like to read about this.
Life's short - sail more!
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Re: Protocols Delayed!!!
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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10/25/2020 10:12 PM
10/25/2020 10:12 PM
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Posts: 82,852 Central Florida!
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OK, obviously a corona virus vaccine has NOT been in the works for 20 years, since Covid 19 only appeared this year.
Regardless, this has nothing to do with the topic at hand. Will close this one here and wait for the actual protocols to be announced, hopefully soon.
Carol Hill
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