Anybody else hesitant to book a cruise out of Vancouver?

[Italy52]

Like many, we had our cruise out of Vancouver cancelled.  We have since rebooked a 14-day and a 7-day cruise out of Vancouver for 2022.

[Heidi13]

On 6/2/2021 at 9:41 AM, Heidi13 said:

 

We may have had a slow start to receiving vaccines, but have now easily surpassed the US percentage of people with a first jab. In BC, as of yesterday our rate for adults is > 70% and 12 -18 yr olds is 67%.

 

With respect to lockdowns, our CDC and Provincial Health Officer has managed the pandemic very effectively. Yes, at present we still have some restrictions on travel, but our numbers continue trending in the right direction. We also have a well defined return to normal plan. By mid June we can travel throughout BC and by August we can travel Canada wide.

 

Provided the pandemic is behind us, Vancouver and our other ports should be open to cruise ships by 2022. Hopefully our Federal Govt will mandate that full vaccinations are required to enter the country.

As of today for all of Canada we are 71% first dose, 57% fully vaccinated. By the time everyone gets their second dose Canada will be 71-80% fully vaccinated. Therefore much safer to travel to than the USA.

[bookbabe]

1 hour ago, Heidi13 said:

As of today for all of Canada we are 71% first dose, 57% fully vaccinated. By the time everyone gets their second dose Canada will be 71-80% fully vaccinated. Therefore much safer to travel to than the USA.

And that’s of the total population…if you go with just the numbers for people 12+ it’s 81% first dose and 65% both.

[2cat4garden]

On 6/10/2021 at 12:00 PM, Barsnikel said:

I booked a May northbound out of Vancouver.  I figure that by then they will have most of the requirements finalized.  I did ask the "what if Canada is still closed" question, and Celebrity responded they would then go out of Seattle, with no additional cost to passengers.  We shall see.....

 

So did I on Princess.

[Threedrones]

On 7/28/2021 at 8:22 PM, bookbabe said:

And that’s of the total population…if you go with just the numbers for people 12+ it’s 81% first dose and 65% both.

However, population has a lot to do with these numbers. US has administered 354,000,000 doses compared to Canada’s 54,000,000.

[d9704011]

1 hour ago, Threedrones said:

However, population has a lot to do with these numbers. US has administered 354,000,000 doses compared to Canada’s 54,000,000.

Population has pretty much ZERO to do with the numbers; that's why things are typically expressed as a percentage or per 100,000 people or something like that.  Normalizing data is a common way to be able to reasonably compare things between two disparate sample sizes.

Edited September 7, 2021 by d9704011

[Threedrones]

9 hours ago, d9704011 said:

Population has pretty much ZERO to do with the numbers; that's why things are typically expressed as a percentage or per 100,000 people or something like that.  Normalizing data is a common way to be able to reasonably compare things between two disparate sample sizes.

Actually, it has MUCH to do with it. If Canada had distributed the vaccine at the same efficiency as the US, your entire population would be fully vaccinated.

[d9704011]

1 hour ago, Threedrones said:

Actually, it has MUCH to do with it. If Canada had distributed the vaccine at the same efficiency as the US, your entire population would be fully vaccinated.

Eh?? I didn't know dope is legal in Ohio.

 

Canada has administered about 140 doses per 100 people of our population and the United States is at about 110.

Edited September 8, 2021 by d9704011

[Heidi13]

4 hours ago, Threedrones said:

Actually, it has MUCH to do with it. If Canada had distributed the vaccine at the same efficiency as the US, your entire population would be fully vaccinated.

 

That's the difference, we have vaccinated almost the entire population, even with a slow roll out.

 

The slow roll out had nothing to do with distribution efficiency, it was based on us not receiving product from manufacturers. Once it was received, it was distributed and sleeves were rolled up.