Welp. We left CT about 3 weeks ago and drove down to our beach house in SC. Haven’t done anything but (safely) go to the grocery store, hang out at the beach and our house. Kept to ourselves. No reason to think we have been exposed while here.
We’d planned to go back home on Sunday; now the 14 day quarantine is in place. Makes things a little more complicated. Not sure what exactly it means or how in the world it would be enforced. We’ll do our best to comply even though we feel the risk of exposure is minimal.
There’s a free COVID screening in a neighboring town (in CT). We’ve scheduled ourselves for testing on Tuesday afternoon after we’re back.
Does it still stun anyone that we are in this weird universe where we are having to think/plan/execute all these conditions/roadblocks, etc.??? Every once in awhile I just get that dose of reality and it’s not a good feeling.
^Yes! I had to remind DH not to use the downstairs bathroom yesterday - it is reserved for the rest of the family, since he’s high risk. Then I thought, “This is weird…”
We are doing the same. Heading from CT to Martha’s Vineyard for two weeks. Will be shopping with masks (not much as we bring a LOT of food) and boating or beaching it, giving a wide berth to neighboring blankets. Not sure about returning as we’ll have no food in the house at that point. Maybe we can schedule a grocery pickup, but last I knew it was still hard to get those appointments. I may ask our house sitter to do a shop for us before we get back.
Stuck on the runway! Very full american airlines is trying to repair power issues with passengers on board in over 100 degree heat, minimal air. I doubt their hepa filters are working. We may hear virus outbreak on board.
Unless things change between now and the end of your trip, you would not be subjected to the 14 day quarantine when returning to CT as MA is not one of the states which currently meets the “high infection” threshold: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Texas.
No its not. The numbers in March were not there (no testing), but there was exponential spread in the most populous city in the country. Its not worse than march. There is much more information, much more testing, people are much more aware.
In March/April and even May - the highest concentrations of the virus were mostly in a few states. We know it was not terrible in all those other states then, because their hospitalization rates and death rates were low, also. Now it’s high in many more states, from the east coast to the west coast and all along the gulf.
Flying has got to be one if the dumbest things to do. It’s exactly how it got here from China and Europe and how it spread all over the US now.
The good news is that mask-wearing is pretty good in HI and incidences of COVID infections still remain very low (total in our state since day as shown via testing is just over 800 cases). Total deaths due to COVID-19 is only 17.
The testing shortly before flying to HI is from August 1 and the lt gov is still working out the details of what tests will be acceptable.
‘But none of this helps if the person/people sitting next to you have Covid. You’re breathing their air with everything it has in it, esp if they don’t have masks on, before it even reaches the filtering system. And you’re doing it for as long as you’re on the flight.”
I think you missed that I said First class window seat with only your household member next to you ( in other words there are NO other people next to you) plus N95 mask. These things combined with filtration system absolutely helps.
Yes, this is the policy I heard on the news. It was at least 3 weeks ago. They will let you know if the flight is above the 2/3 full, but then it is your choice to cancel or delay without a fee.
The policy in December was certainly to sell the flight until it was bursting at the seams and charge you if you made any changes. There have been many ‘policies’ since then and now they are letting you know if the plane is getting full. As more people are flying and the number of flights per day is still reduced, the planes are going to be full. It’s math.
I really really dislike United, their service is horrible. But since we live by their hub, and both hubby and I are million milers on United, hard to imagine flying other airlines if we could help it.
I usually fly at least 3-4 times a year, all for pleasure, with most of it international. I’ve cancelled 2 international trips this year and have no intention of flying anywhere in 2020. I have a large group of traveling friends who are are doing and think the same. In 2021, I have tentatively planned 2 domestic pleasure trips to places in the Western US, so only a very short plane trip, and I could drive if need be. I don’t see any international travel on the horizon for me until 2022.
This is, of course, all related to coronavirus, and the general belief that the US will continue it’s poor response. Not good news for the travel sector.
Our consumer spending economy and US management of the coronavirus are intrinsically related.
