kmersh

I am not in business nor politics, so I am a layperson when it comes to communications, but wouldn't it better to say, I/we have no information to share at this time, when and if there are any changes, I/we will make sure it is widely publicized?

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Yes that is part of my concern, though I can deal with the positive result if it were to occur, I just do not want to have to worry about it. I got the vaccine and the first booster (I am slightly too young to be eligible for the 2nd), so getting very sick does not worry me, but it would be a major pain in the butt logistically if I did indeed test positive.

I get that totally and that is what is currently keeping my wife up at night, what if we test positive before coming home, she is not so worried about being sick, but the hassle is just not relaxing and makes the entire trip not worth it.

Judging by the CDC post upthread, I am inclined to cancel for my 3rd time and just go to somewhere in the States where I will not have to worry nor deal with the testing requirement.

nk15

If you test positive before return, and you don't worry about the actual health implications, you would only have to isolate for a few days until it clears. Just do a supervised tele-BinaxNOW test and then no local authorities would know about it, so you can just relax in a hotel of your choice until you test negative. Maybe an extra 5-7 days or less. So plan ahead for a bit of buffer, or if you were positive in the States you should have taken a few days off work anyway or WFH.

84fiero

There was a recent open letter from ~260 companies, organizations, etc,I linked a post about it from The Gate blog , in the other thread on testing:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34240426-post73.html

js1993

Indeed. Thank God for the pre-flight testing, or else Omicron might have traveled some 8,000 miles from South Africa to the U.S. in a matter of days after being discovered. Thank God that didn't happen.

vanillabean

Your concern is touching. I'm tempted to line up behind you while there's still room.

t325

I know, right?

It is so unbelievably stupid that you need a positive test for YVR-SEA which might be an hour long flight on a bad day, but no test for the 11 hour BOS-HNL. Oh, but if you drive from Vancouver to Seattle, no test needed either.

And no, I'm not advocating a test requirement for domestic flights or land border crossings. Just pointing out how inconsistent the rule is and that it has nothing to do with preventing the spread.

Daedalus7

Even more vague statements here:

HkCaGu

And the bus ride is so much safer that no tests are required. (Reality: the resumption of a US$30 bus ride last November lowered the cost of an antigen test around Vancouver from C$135 to around C$80.)

LuckyStrike

Lots of doubling down and very political. I work at a US National Lab. At the end we were in 2 masks, which was a joke (I wear real respirators at work and understand filtration). Oh, and toasters and ovens were off-limits at work for 2 years even though fomite transmission was disproved early on. I made an international trip in January but I won't again until the pre-departure test is done away with.

LETTERBOY

Things like this, as well as recent reports of Fauci on a conference call complaining that people aren't taking Covid seriously anymore (too lazy to go and find it now, but you can probably find it via Google if you're interested), remind of a young kid being told to clean his room & him stomping his foot and screaming, "No no no no!!!!!"

84fiero

...and that an ever-increasing number of other countries do not see either - for vaccinated travelers at least - including most of Europe, our neighbors to the north, most of South America, even Australia. This site's map seems to be kept reasonably up to date IME...toggle the "vaccinated" to Yes and see a lot of dark green, indicating no pre-departure test.

https://www.gadventures.com/where-to..._options_close

A few more African countries have turned dark green in the past couple of weeks, too.

LETTERBOY

Even New Zealand has plans to drop the test requirement if you're vaxxed, too. If New Zealand is dropping it, that tells you something.

Pre-departure tests will be gone by July 31. But why not now? | Stuff.co.nz

Silver Fox

But we can always come back to the same thing that it looks like the lunatics have taken over the asylum when you can cross by land and not test, but by air you have to. If that doesn't make CDC/govt/whomsoever look like a laughing stock I don't know what does. If I was being kind I might say "well it's not very consistent". But as for covid, It's just not a thing people even talk about or bother about much now apart from a few die-hards in most places in Europe now and people are definitely making holiday decisions on testing/masks/isolation. I'll not return to the US until they drop the testing.

kmzandrew

How does the entry testing requirement work with longer stop-overs?

For example, if on June 1 around 10am I get an antigen test in Targu Mures (RO), then fly from Targu Mures to Budapest around 4pm before flying from Budapest>IST around 8pm (also on June 1), exit IST airport for a stop-over, and on June 2 around 6:30pm I fly from IST>NYC, am I good with the initial antigen test? I've read that it's 1 calendar day so I think I should be fine, but other sources say 24 hours, etc.
Having to get a second antigen test in IST would mess up the stop-over as I wanted to just relax and enjoy a half-day in IST, not run around getting covid tests.

If it matters BUD>IST>NYC>BUD is one itinerary while the initial flight to Bud is separate.

HkCaGu

Any "source" saying 24 hours is not reliable. It is calendar day.