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Re: Total of 1,000 US pax by week's end
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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08/06/2020 12:49 PM
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Well, yes, that is what they did with some people during the first week, BUT is that an OFFICIAL policy? I don't find anywhere in writing that it says that. Just the opposite.
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Re: Total of 1,000 US pax by week's end
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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08/06/2020 01:01 PM
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But is that now the OFFICIAL policy??? They have changed the rules so many times, a person's head spins and one would hate to depend on that, to go get just any kind of a test, ASSUMING that the policy is now official, that they will test when you arrive.
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Re: Total of 1,000 US pax by week's end
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08/06/2020 01:15 PM
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wilson--right, OR they could decide they can't afford to do it anymore, OR think they should enforce the rules as written.
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Re: Total of 1,000 US pax by week's end
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08/06/2020 09:46 PM
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I am afraid the ''welcome mat" has still been removed to American tourists. So many of us here call SXM our second home, or our favorite place to visit in the world, BUT...at this time the SXM government does not really want us, or our dollars on the island yet. I do applaud their trying to keep their people safe from the virus, and as long as the US numbers still continue to rise, I can see their fear in us being a factor in bringing in the virus...test or not. I keep looking at flights for March, but still will not be surprised if this upcoming trip does not happen. The government there, including the French side, are protecting their people's health, and putting that in front of their economy. Maybe (without getting political), this may have been the way for the world to have gone. Praying everyday, that the miracle vaccine (proven to work), will appear soon, and we will be able to put this entire Covid thing behind us, and hopefully then we can have some sort of a ''normal'' life again, both here and in SXM. Please, stay safe everyone.
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Re: Total of 1,000 US pax by week's end
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08/07/2020 07:48 AM
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I am afraid the ''welcome mat" has still been removed to American tourists. So many of us here call SXM our second home, or our favorite place to visit in the world, BUT...at this time the SXM government does not really want us, or our dollars on the island yet. I do applaud their trying to keep their people safe from the virus, and as long as the US numbers still continue to rise, I can see their fear in us being a factor in bringing in the virus...test or not. I keep looking at flights for March, but still will not be surprised if this upcoming trip does not happen. The government there, including the French side, are protecting their people's health, and putting that in front of their economy. Maybe (without getting political), this may have been the way for the world to have gone. Praying everyday, that the miracle vaccine (proven to work), will appear soon, and we will be able to put this entire Covid thing behind us, and hopefully then we can have some sort of a ''normal'' life again, both here and in SXM. Please, stay safe everyone. And I for one, hope to be able to get that vaccine so I can see my favorite island again.
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Re: Total of 1,000 US pax by week's end
[Re: EdB]
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08/07/2020 09:07 AM
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I am afraid the ''welcome mat" has still been removed to American tourists. So many of us here call SXM our second home, or our favorite place to visit in the world, BUT...at this time the SXM government does not really want us, or our dollars on the island yet. I do applaud their trying to keep their people safe from the virus, and as long as the US numbers still continue to rise, I can see their fear in us being a factor in bringing in the virus...test or not. I keep looking at flights for March, but still will not be surprised if this upcoming trip does not happen. The government there, including the French side, are protecting their people's health, and putting that in front of their economy. Maybe (without getting political), this may have been the way for the world to have gone. Praying everyday, that the miracle vaccine (proven to work), will appear soon, and we will be able to put this entire Covid thing behind us, and hopefully then we can have some sort of a ''normal'' life again, both here and in SXM. Please, stay safe everyone. There are 40 countries (realistically more since any country not listed is considered high risk) on the list of Moderate/High risk transmission that have to follow the same rules. The welcome mat hasn't been removed for Americans. We are just being asked to follow a set of rules that apply to others as well. The Island wants tourist to come back, but they have to follow a procedure to minimize the risk.
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Re: Total of 1,000 US pax by week's end
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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08/07/2020 09:22 AM
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Missing SXM terribly this morning, so please be kind with your replies. I believe, and a friend who is a retired surgeon, and another friend who has a PHD in biomedical science, believe that the virus most likely with never be eradicated, and we will have to do our best to control it with vaccines Vaccines, as we all know, in for instance, influenza are far from 100% effective. This is why testing is, and will remain extremely important in fighting the pandemic. There most likely, will be no silver bullet vaccine. I hope I am wrong. Going to watch some videos of SXM and SBH now. Stay safe.
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