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Stephanie Hayes: Vaccine Passports on Cruises? Try Smuggling Wine in a Shampoo Bottle

Vaccine passports are the latest culture war, destined to be wedged into a remake of “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” My money is on Bieber.

The coronavirus pandemic has opened a wellspring of existential quandaries, but the passport issue is a pretty weird conga line for the cruise industry. To recap:

U.S. cruises ran aground due to COVID-19. Companies are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get going by summer.

So, how can cruises operate safely? The CDC hasn’t yet required vaccines for cruising, but Norwegian Cruise Line and Silversea Cruises said they will. Others are still deciding. In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis is suing the federal government to reopen cruising, and he has also banned vaccine passports. Everyone is lost in a hedge maze, rubbing sage.

I see a good argument for vaccine passports on cruises, and here’s why. A ship is not a place to find liberty. There are the obvious legal requirements, like, you know, possibly an actual passport.

And cruises are floating containers of RULES. Have you ever been shoulder to shoulder, waiting for a 90-minute Bahamas shore excursion, while someone tries to sell you Trollbeads bracelets? That is not freedom.

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Vaccine passports on cruises? Sure, add it to the list of rules.

Vaccine passports are the latest culture war, destined to be wedged into a remake of We Didn’t Start the Fire. My money is on Bieber.

The pandemic has opened a wellspring of existential quandaries, but the passport issue is a pretty weird conga line for Florida’s cruise industry. To recap:

U.S. cruises ran aground due to COVID-19. Companies are working with the Centers for Disease Control to get going by summer. Gov. Ron DeSantis has sued the federal government to allow them to start immediately.

So, how can cruises operate safely? The CDC hasn’t yet required vaccines for cruising, but Norwegian Cruise Line and SilverSea Cruises said they will. Others are still deciding. But in Florida, DeSantis has issued an executive order banning vaccine passports. At press time, everyone was lost in a hedge maze, rubbing sage.

I see a good argument for vaccine passports on cruises, and here’s why. A ship is not a place to find liberty. There are the obvious legal requirements, like, you know, possibly an actual passport.

And cruises are floating containers of RULES. Have you ever been shoulder to shoulder, waiting for a 90-minute Bahamas shore excursion, while someone tries to sell…