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US international travel restrictions in question
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05/15/2020 11:06 AM
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
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05/15/2020 11:28 AM
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Yes, this is definitely one piece of the puzzle that those wanting to travel to SXM or anywhere out of the US need to keep in mind, before making firm plans.
Carol Hill
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
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05/15/2020 11:56 AM
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Unless it is required/allowed business travel (once things open up some) it is a crap shoot for any travel out of the US or into SXM at this point and for the rest of the year.
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/16/2020 08:26 AM
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No travel to Canada is currently allowed either, whether across the US/Canada border or by overseas visitors, unless the visit qualifies as "essential" (which does not include tourism) or it is a necessary commercial or cargo activity. I don't see those restrictions being lifted anytime soon, unfortunately.
With SXM also closed, I would be stopped at the airport. We have booked for 5 weeks in SXM, starting mid-January 2021. I am an eternal optimist, but I honestly think that the chances of actually going are less than 50/50. It would be a combination of considerations, including the idea of being in an aircraft without the benefit of reduced passenger loads (physical distancing), an effective vaccine (unlikely that quickly) or an effective treatment (a possibility) and adequate testing (pre-screening).
Of course, it presumes that air travel restrictions have also been lifted. We are keeping our fingers crossed, but we may have to just move it to 2022.
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/16/2020 10:05 AM
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From what I have been told ( remember I said told ) I am by no means up on this subject . So take it for what it is worth . Every time this virus gets pasted along it becomes less and less severe .Because then you get it from the person before you their anti-bodies have been fighting it . The only reason I say that it might have some truth is because the states that have already opened up . And the media was saying it would be a blood bath . Their numbers ( positive tests and deaths ) are coming down . The numbers seem to say locked up or opened up is not showing any difference . So I am wondering , the longer this goes the less and less it will be ..Just like a flu dissipates . I do not want to put any disinformation out there. Like I said this is just a thought . Maybe someone with some expertise has some thoughts . Jeff
If your motto is ; If at first you don't succeed...... Maybe it would be best not to try sky diving !
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
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05/19/2020 08:19 AM
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We have two trips planned for early 2021 and, of course are very hopeful we can go, but if this virus is anything like the 1918 influeza........
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
[Re: GaKaye]
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05/19/2020 08:43 AM
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but if this virus is anything like the 1918 influeza........ People keep comparing this to the 1918 flu. Our medical knowledge and abilities have come a long way in over 100 years. Correct. I wonder how the reaction was for that situation as there was no social media or a 24/7 "news" cycle back then.
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
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05/19/2020 06:43 PM
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I agree a lot of things have changed and medical facilities are much better, but the population is much bigger now so many more people can become infected and a greater chance for more rapid spread. If airlines resume travel again too soon and the rules are not properly followed, we definitely will have a second wave which could prove to be much worse. We need to take precautions for many more months.
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
[Re: Jeff_C]
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05/19/2020 07:20 PM
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Hello Jeff C. ... responding to you from the 'other' side of Pennsylvania regarding your post. Finally had a chance to speak with my son Andrew who is a molecular biologist at a bio tech company in California and is presently working on a COVID-19 vaccine (like so many other places around the world), and I presented your post to him. Your information for the most part is accurate, and SARS-CoV2 infections will be less severe when contracted from someone who already has been infected because their immune system would be fighting the infection and establishing antibodies to do so. That is why medical professionals faced so many perils from this early on, because they were being exposed multiple times to a large number of individuals and had just turned symptomatic. Therefore, the severity of future infections really depends on who someone gets this from. A virus that spreads from a newly infected person will be just as potent as in the past, but infections from those in the latter stages of COVID-19 disease will likely be spreading a less potent version. New infections, as they are reported across North America, will consist of individuals with varying degrees of the illness. With that said, those people with vitamin D deficiencies are much more vulnerable to get a more serious infection. This is one of the reasons COVID-19 has hit the African-American communities so hard in terms of mortality, because this population base is typically deficient in vitamin D levels. He recommends having vitamin D levels checked by your PCP, and if deficient taking supplemental vitamin D to boost your numbers upward (beyond what you get from a multi-vitamin). And, by no means ever attempt to drink Clorox or Lysol as a supplement!
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
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05/20/2020 03:50 AM
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
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05/21/2020 01:33 PM
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correct GaKaye...and as well as hygiene
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
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05/21/2020 04:06 PM
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Thank you Sammy M. For taking the time to find out all that information . And for posting it so we may all see. All I can say now is that if we don't get our Governor ( Wolf ) to open up very soon , PA. is in major du-du . Here in Lancaster County according to the PA . Dept. of Health we have a total of 187 deaths of Covid-19 . But of those 187 , 169 were from Nursing Homes and Personal Care Homes . And we still are not opened up . And yes I smell something rotten ! But that's for another day . Thank you for taking the time to let me know . Jeff_C
If your motto is ; If at first you don't succeed...... Maybe it would be best not to try sky diving !
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Re: US international travel restrictions in question
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05/21/2020 07:30 PM
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This thread is totally different than the original post and is going nowhere..
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