The Steamship Authority experienced more cancellations last week, with a freight vessel down.
All of the freight vessel Governor’s trips were canceled on Thursday last week because of a staffing issue.
According to the announcement, a staffing issue “related to COVID-19” occurred on the Island Home, and the authority decided to move the Governor’s crew to the bigger vessel. In turn, the Governor’s trips for Thursday, starting with the 12:20 pm trip from Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven, were canceled.
“Customers who were booked on the MV Governor and need to travel today should go to the terminal to be queued for priority standby on a space-available basis,” the SSA wrote. “We apologize for the disruption, and thank you for your patience.”
SSA spokesperson Sean Driscoll said one crew member was out because of COVID.
The week before last, travelers reported several delays and cancellations when two vessels were sidelined in the SSA’s fleet: the Nantucket and the Gay Head were out for repairs.
Is it time to rehire the malcontent anti-vaxers?
They should have never been let go in the first place. Not sure what world you came from but I came a world where I had a choice as to what I put into my body. And those unvaccinated shouldn’t have been hunted with pitchforks and fire
I live in the real, the maritime, world
The crew had choice about the vaccines.
Just like they have a choice in providing clean urine sample.
And those unvaccinated were not hunted with pitchforks and fire, they were fired for failure to comply with job requirements.
Ask any cop what happens when you fail to comply.
It does not usually turn out well.
busiest weeks of summer = all hands on deck
wait – ONE crew member is out with Covid and 10 ferries are canceled? For one person being sick? No backups?
He exposed other crew members.
It was wrong to fire SSA employees over “the vax.” By the time SSA officials jumped on the covid wagon it was late in the game; it had become obvious that the vax was not necessarily safe or effective. Remember “break-through” cases? That meant the vax wasn’t effective. Workers who had concerns about vax injuries such as myocarditis and blood clots were ignored and fired while the ferries were full of visitors and tourists. The Island was crowded as usual but local officials shut down blue collar workers and SSA officials began firing their employees. It made no sense. We can look back and see which local officials over-reacted and went hysterical, to their own detriment, and ours. I think SSA officials should drop the mandate, apologize, and help out on deck.
Thank you for your nuanced analysis of “the vax”. Clearly, you have a deep background in immunology. While I do not have the time or the inclination to correct your entire post, break through cases do not mean the vaccine wasn’t effective. No vaccine is going to have the exact same strength of impact on every single human being. If there were such a vaccine, the “tinfoil hat eradication vaccine” could do wonders for frequenters of the MV Times comment section.
It was wrong to fire SSA employees over refusing to provide urine sample?
Unfortunately, your understanding of the purpose of a vaccine is lacking.
Vaccines are intended to significantly reduce the risk of developing serious illness/hospitalization or even fatal disease outcome once the virus is contracted.
It does not prevent becoming “infected: with the virus or from developing illness.
Numerous studies well-document the effectiveness of the Covid vaccines.
Furthermore, if you’ve ever been prescribed an antibiotic, or a medication for any chronic illness, or chemotherapy, you are aware that all medications carry risk. FDA approval hinges on the benefits far out-weighing the risks. The incidence of serious Covid-vaccine associated “injuries” has been extremely low.
Speak from facts rather than emotion.
It’s hard to believe that conspiracy theorists, antivaxers, Qanon followers, (who cowardly don’t use their real name in social media comments), are still carrying on about covid vaccines with lies. The vaccines are effective, safe, and lessen the severity of illness for most in breakthrough cases. Boosters are very important, especially among the elderly and immune compromised who are still at serious risk and in fact are the ones who are dying. That’s why you still see some people wearing masks. Properly fitted masks are protective, another fact that antivaxers dispute. There is currently a covid surge and immune compromised folks are often advised to go back to wearing a mask in public. The misinformation in the comment above is a disservice to the community. I find it hard to imagine that this newspaper allowed damaging lies about the covid vaccine.
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-covid-casualties-vaccines/fact-check-finding-that-most-people-dying-from-covid-19-are-vaccinated-does-not-mean-vaccines-dont-work-idUSL1N32R1UI
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