Actually, you do realize that the CLIA represents cruise lines in every part of the world, not just "foreign" cruise lines, of which virtually EVERY single cruise line that uses Port Miami, Port Everglades, Port Canaveral, and Tampa port are ALL foreign flagged cruise lines! The CLIA is a consortium of cruise lines in all segments of the industry in all parts of the world INCLUDING the United States. The pressure the CLIA is putting on the CDC is to get them to start some kind of process ANY KIND OF PROCESS in resumption of cruises out of US ports. The announcement today from the CDC that fully vaccinated people can travel with "low" risk is the first step in the agency re-evaluating the CSO which they have stated is in effect until Nov 1 of this year. With the announcements this could very well signal a change in their position concerning the CSO, maybe a blanket lifting of it, or a modified version. But they know they need to do something, simply because there is NO valid reason to keep cruises from resuming with the safety factor of the current vaccination provides. Cruises are the ONLY segment of the travel/leisure industry that has been completely shut down since last year, and it is going look really bad if they keep the ban in place all the way into fall when even the CDC says traveling is safe for fully vaccinated people.
