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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
[Re: GaKaye]
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10/24/2020 06:55 AM
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A step in the right direction. Hopefully it is acted on in a positive and expeditious manner.
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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
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10/24/2020 08:48 AM
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My testing in Rhode Island was free and got the results in time for my trip when it was still during the 72 hour requirement period. If they want to see a major increase in the visitor count don't start it off with a big fee. 100% correct on the big fee.
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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
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10/24/2020 08:57 AM
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that would defeat the purpose No disagreement here but you know how things work at times.
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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
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Rapid tests are great, but are they going to be capable of administering the thousand or more needed on a Sat. afternoon in prime season ? Good point. But it probably wouldn't take much longer than it's taking now to check the paperwork.
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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
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10/24/2020 02:28 PM
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And this should certainly be enacted sooner rather than later since too many would-be visitors are changing or cancelling trip plans or just not bothering with Sint Maarten at all and going elsewhere instead.
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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
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10/24/2020 02:51 PM
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And this should certainly be enacted sooner rather than later since too many would-be visitors are changing or cancelling trip plans or just not bothering with Sint Maarten at all and going elsewhere instead. It should help stimulate more people to consider going. Now, if the airlines just get their acts together we would be going in a very positive direction.
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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
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just wonder how long it would take before it become operational.....IF it is approved My guess, and it's just a guess, is that it won't go into effect until December 1, at the earliest. Too late to help me, but will help most high season travelers.
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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
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Everyone has to do what they feel is best for them, but the risk to me is too great not to take a test before, even if it is fairly expensive, because of the real possibility of being asymptomatic. Possibly having to quarantine for two weeks on island is a bigger risk than I personally would take.
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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
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Everyone has to do what they feel is best for them, but the risk to me is too great not to take a test before, even if it is fairly expensive, because of the real possibility of being asymptomatic. Possibly having to quarantine for two weeks on island is a bigger risk than I personally would take. If I've been fairly isolated for a couple of weeks before I travel, it's pretty unlikely that I'm infected before I fly. Let's be real about this.
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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
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10/25/2020 04:26 PM
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The point is "fairly isolated".... Too risky for me, not to get tested..
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Re: Draft Motion re Rapid Testing
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10/25/2020 04:37 PM
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Your choice. I'm not going to get sick by going to the grocery store. I think the whole thing is very overdone. Am I going to a party with a hundred people I don't know? Of course not. Am I having a birthday party with family I know and trust? Yep...next week. I refuse to live in fear. I hope you're right, and I don't want to turn this into a covid thread, but your point about the grocery store struck me because my colleague was isolating at home (she lives alone) and the only place she allowed herself to go was to the grocery store. And she got covid (and was pretty sick too). Fingers crossed for everyone with their plans, travel and otherwise!
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