The CDC says that a new omicron variant called EG.5 is causing a summer wave of COVID cases.

Yet, COVID is nowhere near the threat that it was more than three years ago at the beginning of the pandemic.

And that might be one of the reasons that people are cruising again on big ships following a COVID-19 decline.

WLRN reporter Tom Hudson tells us how one of the hardest hit industries during the peak of the pandemic is trying to make a comeback.

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This episode was produced by Brianna Scott. It was edited by Adam Raney and Scott Hensley. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.

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