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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: tpcook]
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12/03/2020 12:52 PM
12/03/2020 12:52 PM
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NoelHall
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I've been thinking the same thing? As soon as I get my second booster, I'll be ready to hop on an airplane for BVI. Being 74 years old, I am also hoping for access to a vaccine in Jan/Feb.
Noel Hall "It is humbling indeed, to discover my own opinion is only correct less than 50% of the time." www.noelhall.com
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: tpcook]
#241412
12/03/2020 01:39 PM
12/03/2020 01:39 PM
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cwoody
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Got this response from BVI govt when I ask the same question yesterday ...
Hello,
I have a charter with Horizon Yacht Charters at Nanny Cay that has been put on hold due to the shutdown and current BVI Travel protocols. I plan to resume travel to the BVI once I have been vaccinated. This will be a reality before you know it. How will the BVI Travelers Protocols be changed for vaccinated travelers?
Department of Information and Public Relations <GIS@gov.vg> Wed 12/2/2020 2:26 PM Good day, Due to fluid situation of the COVID-19 pandemic being that it is constantly and rapidly changing - the Government of the Virgin Islands will continue to update and revise our legislations to suit. We do look forward to having you visit us in 2021. Please stay safe until then and remember BVILOVE awaits you!
Regards.
Chuck W.
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: tpcook]
#241413
12/03/2020 01:40 PM
12/03/2020 01:40 PM
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Posts: 3,359 Cane Garden Bay, Tortola
JasonHelmbrecht
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I expect to get a covid vaccine Jan-feb so now starting to think about going down to the villa but wondering how the regulations will be changed to allow a vaccinated person to enter without hoops. Seems airlines are starting to put together regulations for vaccinated folks. I would not hold your breath for the rules to change. If the past 9 months has shown anything it's that the BVI likes to wait and watch what works other places. If you want to come down, you'll probably have to follow the protocols like anyone else.
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: chazo]
#241421
12/03/2020 02:22 PM
12/03/2020 02:22 PM
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cwoody
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Lots of speculation before the Dec 1 legislation was announced and a lot more to follow.
I'll be booking my flight when BVI updated and revised legislations is as follows:
1. travel 2 weeks after you are vaccinated 2. negative covid test before travel. 3. on arrival, proof of vaccination and negative test required. 4. free to move about the country w/o quarantine or addition testing.
Oh and NO EXCLUSION ZONE!
Last edited by cwoody; 12/03/2020 02:25 PM.
Chuck W.
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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12/03/2020 02:43 PM
12/03/2020 02:43 PM
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gordaguy2
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Hi Carol - the vaccine is only going to be 95 % effective over the range of the population so testing will still be required until the virus is eliminated - like mumps - we don't test for that anymore because most people have been vaccinated and it is not usually present in the population anymore.
GordaGuy2
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: gordaguy2]
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12/03/2020 02:55 PM
12/03/2020 02:55 PM
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Carol_Hill
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OK, I guess that's right, but hopefully tests will become a lot easier to get, as they are still quite a PITA at the moment.
Carol Hill
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: Carol_Hill]
#241429
12/03/2020 03:04 PM
12/03/2020 03:04 PM
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cwoody
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Why should you have to have a test if you had the vaccine?? Maybe BVI would want to CYA? and there is that "few weeks" for the body to build immunity after vaccination" that chazo mentioned. Hopefully there will be some instructions included with the vaccine I end up getting.
Chuck W.
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: tpcook]
#241511
12/04/2020 11:29 AM
12/04/2020 11:29 AM
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gordaguy2
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Hi All - let's figure that 6-7 weeks after the first shot or 3 weeks after the second you are "immune" you will still need to prove that with an antibody test. The rollout of vaccines is going to be a major logistical effort so "short term" thinking on this subject has a lot of ifs and maybes. cheers
GordaGuy2
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: tpcook]
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12/04/2020 01:58 PM
12/04/2020 01:58 PM
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ski2play
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I come into the BVI as a tourist, so no I am not covered in BVI. Covered in USA and since I am 82 I will get it soon. Soon is such a relative term. Currently working through the logistics of vaccinating medical staff and the concept is mind boggling. I can’t even wrap my head around the logistics of vaccinating the general public and beyond yet. 🤷♀️ Stay well, stay safe and can’t wait to see each of you getting back to our beloved BVI. 🌴🧜♀️🐠✨
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: tpcook]
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12/04/2020 02:19 PM
12/04/2020 02:19 PM
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TomGarvey
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I watched a discussion on CNN last night with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and another doc. They said that the front runner vaccines are ~90% effective at keeping the recipient healthy, but it is as yet unkown whether or not that person could still infect others. That’s the first I've heard of that distinction. It’s still very early days for the science on this.
Tom Garvey
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: justwantanisland]
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12/04/2020 06:37 PM
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TomGarvey
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Certainly, it’s great news! I’ll be in line for it as soon as I can. It’s not like flipping a switch, though. It doesn’t sound like getting vaccinated will be an automatic free pass to enter the BVI.
Tom Garvey
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
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12/04/2020 07:34 PM
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My fear is governments will cave to fringe groups and demand masks and covid tests be taken for years. I don't have years to waste. I hope airlines demand travelers be vaccinated in order to travel. That will start the end to masks and covid tests.
tpcook
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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12/05/2020 08:53 AM
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Deepcut
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The BVI government should be making a strong case to UK regulators that they should be a high priority for the vaccine both from a health and economic standpoint. They have zero herd immunity and their economy hinges on allowing open visitation. Also their resources are so low (Medical capacity is very low). My recommendations to BVI would be Elderly and high risks individuals first and then Frontline to Tourists(Those who interact with tourists directly). Once these front line workers vaccinated, then they wear a colorful identifying hat (or shirt) signifying tourists can interact with these individuals, as they have been vaccinated. This would serve as a hurdle between the "BVI non vaccinated herd" and the potential foreign traveler. And ideally, entire BVI vaccinated rapidly, which would best option for reopening.
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: tpcook]
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12/05/2020 11:54 AM
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gordaguy2
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Hi Thorsten - the post-vaccine era will take a couple of years - In Canada, they will start vaccines for the long term care and over 80 groups in the next several weeks but let's figure it will take until 2022 for say 65-75% of the population to receive and/or feel confident enough to take it. Look at the degree of diseases in non-industrialized countries and figure that precautions are always needed.
GordaGuy2
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: justwantanisland]
#241996
12/09/2020 12:12 PM
12/09/2020 12:12 PM
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GeorgeC1
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I'm going to stay in my house until the vaccine is 100%. Once that happens I will gladly go enjoy the risk free world. Cheers. There is never going to be a 100% effective vaccine and the world will always have health risks. You’re going to be in your house for the rest of your life unless the post is a troll. G
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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12/09/2020 12:15 PM
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xrayman67
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I'm going to stay in my house until the vaccine is 100%. Once that happens I will gladly go enjoy the risk free world. Cheers. There is never going to be a 100% effective vaccine and the world will always have health risks. You’re going to be in your house for the rest of your life unless the post is a troll. G I think I detect some sarcasm with the "risk free world".
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: tpcook]
#242003
12/09/2020 01:20 PM
12/09/2020 01:20 PM
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GeorgeC1
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Everything has a risk. We tolerate many things in the name of freedom as we should. The “If we can just save one life mantra” rings very hollow when you look at alcohol and the carnage it brings across our country as one of many examples. Yesterday my brothers small police department handled yet another DUI where both parents were killed and all 3 young children seriously injured. The drunk who hit them is being charged with her second DUI in a year. The destroyed families, suicides ect caused by alcohol are never ending. We tolerate it because we are a free society and place a huge premium on the right of personal choice. That right of personal choice is what makes this country great and why it’s the only place I want to live. It comes with risk but is worth it to live free.
Last edited by GeorgeC1; 12/09/2020 01:21 PM.
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Re: Entering BVI with covid vaccine
[Re: GeorgeC1]
#242006
12/09/2020 01:31 PM
12/09/2020 01:31 PM
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ndfaninnc
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Everything has a risk. We tolerate many things in the name of freedom as we should. The “If we can just save one life mantra” rings very hollow when you look at alcohol and the carnage it brings across our country as one of many examples. Yesterday my brothers small police department handled yet another DUI where both parents were killed and all 3 young children seriously injured. The drunk who hit them is being charged with her second DUI in a year. The destroyed families, suicides ect caused by alcohol are never ending. We tolerate it because we are a free society and place a huge premium on the right of personal choice. That right of personal choice is what makes this country great and why it’s the only place I want to live. It comes with risk but is worth it to live free. Spoken like a true patriot!!!
Go Irish!!
Bill
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