Regional tourism recovery threatened by pandemic numbers

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Am I missing something with this article below.?

The emergence of new waves of the covid-19 pandemic could threaten the tourist recovery of Madeira . This is recognized by the Regional Government, taking for example the case of Germany. The executive led by Miguel Albuquerque recognizes that the brutal increase in new covid-19 cases in that country, which is an important issuing market, is not good news for Madeira.

Journalist Francisco José Cardoso spoke with the regional secretary for Tourism and Culture on this matter. Eduardo Jesus pointed out that there is always a risk, and for that reason, he is concerned about this new reality. Just yesterday, for the second consecutive day, Germany broke the record for new cases, registering, for several days, more than 30,000 new infections.

From Diário Notícias

The UK has had infections greater than this for weeks now and a slightly small population, so why do they think this is going to cause problems, when it doesn’t seem any tourism has caused problems.? 

What am I missing?

 

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17 Responses

  1. It’s the pandemic of the un-vaccinated. If this continues Germany will have no choice but to make vaccination mandatory in the interest of ALL people irrespective of whether or not the Constitution is changed.

  2. The news article is saying that the situation in Germany may impact tourism in Madeira in the sense that at some point the German govt can impose new rules regarding international travel and restrict people from travelling abroad. It not saying the threat is from a health point of view. It is from an economic point of view.

    The vaccination rate in Germany is only 65% and the numbers are growing exponentially, so those new rules may actually be imposed.

  3. Infection / positive result case numbers are meaningless. It has always been the number of hospitalisations that give a true representation of seriousness of the pandemic. COVID and all its variants are not going anywhere. It will be around forever, just like the influenza virus. If you are in a “danger” / high-risk demographic, then make sure your vaccinations are up-to-date.

    1. A new Dan on the site. Will change my sign in to Dan L.

      I get your point Dan that hospitalizations are a key metric but differ from your assertion that infection numbers are consequently meaningless. The more infected people walking around the higher the level of transmission, hospitalizations and deaths in that community, albeit hopefully significantly lower than it was prior to the availability of vaccinations. I guess this means the pandemic is not as severe as it was, or could be, and that is good news, but the current numbers in many countries are not very reassuring at this time.

      Just a few facts in response to Aaron:
      Unvaccinated 4.5 x more likely to get infected
      Unvaccinated 10 x more likely to hospitalized
      Unvaccinated 11 x more likely to die
      Of course these numbers are worse for the elderly and other high risk populations, especially as vaccine efficacy wanes.

      Stay safe and healthy

  5. Well if the vaccinated need to be protected from the unvaccinated why are they vaccinated in the first place. And why are vaccinated filling up emergency room around the world?

    1. The vaccines are not 100% effective and the virus is extremely infectious. It’s science and a bit of common sense. Just because the flame is at the end of a match (not all around you) it can still burn – it just may not scare you as much. Does that help?

  6. Aaron,

    I’m not sure exactly what your point is.

    Indeed vaccinated people can and do spread the virus. However, here in the UK, the vast majority of those now being admitted to hospital with Covid are unvaccinated.

    So, simple rule:
    a) If you want your Covid infection to amount to a “cold”, get vaccinated.
    b) If you want to be seriously ill, or even die, then don’t bother with the vaccine..
    The choice is yours!

    1. Vaccinated people have a immune response caused by the vaccine. “Hospitalisations and heart issues.” Unvaccinated nothing to worry about…

  7. The current situation in Germany is much along the points raised by both Antonio and Dan. This has lead to a situation where several states have reported a lack of critical care beds well ahead of what is normally expected at this time of year. The projections based on where they are, leads to a high level of concern.
    Given that German tourists are a big part of Madeira’s income and there is uncertainty in this market it should be raised and discussed early so businesses can respond early and accordingly.

  8. There are two points here (i) even vaccinated people can catch the virus. Maybe they do not want to risk it if rates get high and also then to be quarantined! (ii) If Madeira closes down with curfews etc and restrictions on tourist attractions, no restaurants etc there is no point in coming to Madeira. It is then not a HOLIDAY!
    These are only very very very maybe at present, but possible tourists like myself will certainly take the possibility of such conditions into account before booking

  10. People would be wise to check official statistics before apportioning blame and offering slogans. Remarkably, even in these times, they are still freely available for anyone who cares to actually take the time to look.

  11. Many seem to forget that companies producing the vaccine have stated it is not a 100% effective. So if you do the numbers game around 8 to 10% of the residents here wont have been protected on top of those who declined the vaccine so we are going to have a venerable group of at least 28,000. There is also the fact that the uptake on the booster is not great across Europe and again companies saying the vaccine diminishes from 6 months out, So all those that have had the vaccine since January through March are also more venerable.

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