Changing Covid testing requirements
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waterone
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Thats nice and how I think it should be for all. Still fingers crossed for my summer travel plans to be done with the testing.
Do you think that it is directly related to the mandatory vaccinations for air travel or just more of a timing thing?
Do they make you jump through any other hoops for travel?
So the requirements currently expire on the 18th of April. I booked our next Coz trip to fly out on the 17th... sigh...
Politically, I lean towards they will let it end for masking. The return testing is a different mechanism I believe so it will need different action, but it would make sense to do it all at once.
Politically, I lean towards they will let it end for masking. The return testing is a different mechanism I believe so it will need different action, but it would make sense to do it all at once.
Really? Where are you seeing that?
The other thing is: Is what's spreading still nearly as serious as our prior versions? Thereby does it need the kind of reaction that Delta needed? Honeslty, I seems like we have SO many of the unvaxxed that got covid with omicron that we should be in fairly good shape right?
If they announce it is expiring on the 18th, I bet they will be a little loosey goosey on the 17th...
As the virus continues to mutate the measures needed to combat it have to change reactively. The easing of masking requirements in most places comes with the caveat that they may return if/when circumstances require it. I am happy to see the numbers as low as they are right now, but I realize that they could change for the worse very quickly.
Check again. Cases are 3% higher over the last 14 days. Problem is that no one is really testing any more. (Except to travel to certain countries and to re-enter the USA!). So real numbers are undercounted. Good news is that deaths and hospitalizations are dropping. That's even better news for the vaccinated and previously infected.
Given the case count increase, I doubt that the CDC will make any changes to their advisory and will simply continue with the theatrical testing regimen. I hope that I'm wrong.
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