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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
[Re: bdeeley]
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06/08/2021 06:00 PM
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Carol, if you get online and order that BinaxNow out from Emed, they overnight the kits. tomorrow you both could do the tests at home and have your results in less than 30 minutes. 6 tests for $150. Than pack 2 of the extra tests and you can do them for your re-entry. Just a thought. At home tests are not accepted by Sint Maarten
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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06/08/2021 08:21 PM
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Carol, so sorry about your experience.
For what it is worth, on Saturday May 29, I scheduled our appointments for COVID PCR tests at a nearby CVS in Henrico County Virginia (think RIchmond). They schedule one test every ten minutes online So, the wife was 12:10 pm and I was 12:20 pm on Thursday June 3, which was just within the 120 hours before our flight from CLT to SXM on the morning of June 8 - today. We took the tests at the same time at the CVS drive through window under supervision of a NP. She asked if it was for travel and we said yes - they said it would cost nothing if you have insurance and we just gave them our Medicare information - no charge. We received the negative test results by email at 1:48 pm on Friday June 4. I immediately submitted everything to EHAS (using each of our email addresses for each submission). We received the preapproval by email at 3:41 pm that Friday.
We also received our two Moderna shots at CVS and they had a very good operation.
At the airport today we just handed the health person in his booth our passports, negative results from the CVS test, and the pre-approval. Although I had paperwork on my phone as backup, I printed everything out and used the paper copies. Staying at Divi three nights and then moving over to one of Cecile's rooms at Palm Court. She does not think we need to test or retest to stay on french-side after getting OK from EHAS and staying on dutch-side three nights. If we had come directly to french-side to stay, she thought we should do the test within the 72 hours that the Collectivitie is stating.
For us, it was really very simple in practice - but still rather stressful for us until we had the green stamps on our papers.
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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06/08/2021 08:39 PM
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Glad you had a much better experience than we did. As of now, I'M GOING.. Eric, we don't know yet...
Carol Hill
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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OK, just got Eric's approval, hour and a half after mine Wow, this is too much stress, just to go on vacation..
Carol Hill
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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06/08/2021 08:46 PM
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Wonderful News! Hope your vacation is uneventful, stress free and very enjoyable. Safe Travels.
Be Happy! Simply because you deserve to be. 😁
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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The Walgreens test came back after we had already got the other test and gotten approved...
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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We were just afraid to take the chance, considering they had seriously let us down already.
Thanks.
Carol Hill
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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Yes, it will be so great to take that first big breath of the Caribbean air!
Carol Hill
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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the simpsons--thanks. Scubaman--haven't even looked at the weather. I TRY to worry only about things I can control.
Carol Hill
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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06/09/2021 03:13 PM
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This response was to SammyM
We almost made the same decision for the same reason, but are glad we did not. Judging from many of your posts, I feel certain that you could get everything done for entry and wind up on the island. But I understand if you just do not want to deal with it.
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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The previous 62 posts under this topic heading are precisely why my return to St. Maarten will not be until this 'overkill' of testing has been officially halted on the island. Talk about jumping' through hoops! Hopefully, the U.S. will also end this requirement for those who a fully vaccinated. BINGO!!! We have another winner! And drop the foolish money-grabbing MANDATORY insurance that (it appears at least) NOBODY has used!
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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Linda--it's behind us now, and hopefully no issues tomorrow!!
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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06/09/2021 07:26 PM
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Hey bran if that condo is on the beach, would be happy to occupy it for you for a week or two, just to not have it empty!! In the meantime, I am very happy to be headed to SXM in the morning!!!
Carol Hill
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Re: Beware Walgreens test on the weekend!
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06/09/2021 07:37 PM
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Thanks very much bran.
Oh, building a place on the ocean?? You are a lot braver than I am!! Hope it is great!
Carol Hill
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