Glad you guys are feeling okay! Chances are pretty good the housekeepers have already had it if they aren't masking, but good looking out! We were super careful until my daughter bright it home from school the first week after the mask mandate was dropped, and then we did enjoy a little freedom not wearing a mask everywhere for a little while. Hope you guys continue to feel better!
Those are the same symptoms I have and my positive line showed up in under 30 secs. No waiting 15 minutes for the results.
AJ, I just said they are doing jack to mitigate spread. To be 100% precise here for you, the comment on doing jack is my editorializing. Outside of that, I’m not talking about their attempts at trying to protect employees nor am I talking about what employees think. I am talking about what’s going on.
Surely you can understand why it isn't a good idea for people who are actively sick to get on a plane and travel to another country.
Did you read their post to understand their view? It isn't but testing to travel is stressful tbh. And really after a friend went on a cruise where they all had to test to get on and still there was a mild spread among their group, I wonder how effective testing to travel is. Many countries have no testing requirement at this time.
Of course I read their post. Yes, testing before travel is stressful, but surely we can all understand the logic behind not wanting people with an active respiratory infection to board a flight and travel to another country. It's disingenuous to suggest it isn't needed just because someone eventually picked up covid on a multi-day cruise.
True one shouldn't travel while sick, but let's be real here. We don't test under 2. We don't test for any other method of entry to the US. My point on the cruise was they all tested PRIOR to embarking. On day 2 someone fell ill. Testing a day before leaving doesn't stop sick people from traveling. They just have a negative test. Much like I had one for this sinus crap from allergies. What if it was a false negative? Doesn't help much does it?
Who claimed it was foolproof? To put it plainly, testing does help. It doesn't catch 100% of cases, especially when people are recently exposed, but it reduces the likelihood that someone who is actively infectious can board a plane and enter the country.
Vaccines do not stop transmission. I wouldn't worry at all about the unvaccinated. Also Most of those unvaccinated probably have had covid and thus have the antibodies as well. Vaccinated have antibodies, recovered have antibodies equals hopefully we end up at the same conclusion. Protect yourself the way you see is best for you.
There's a subtlety in there, that's not quite no restrictions. In very classic US behavior, it's no restrictions for me, but there can be lots of restrictions for you. For various definitions of "me" and "you".
It's not really air travelers though is it? I don't remember any restrictions for domestic flights. It's for "international air travelers". So, in this case the "you" is someone traveling internationally. A group small enough that the rest of the "me" isn't complaining. Yet still a group large enough, and a large enough virus vector, to make the restrictions worthwhile.
And this level of stress would cause airlines to fold. I'd actually drive and I cannot tolerate distances in cars well if this were required.
My family member is in the hospital for non Covid illness. I can see the burnout of the RNs. Some I met can’t even handle 3 13 hour days then 4 days off a week. Some split their 3 day work week so they can rest more during the week. The nurse assistants that do an awesome job are also made up of nursing students in college studying to be an RN. Nothing like real world learning that you can never learn in the classroom. Most RNs one RN told me in the hospital are under age 30. I was told a number quit because of the high stress or become RNs in non hospital facilities as a different way to be an RN.
