Yes, I can read. What is your point?
My point is this is just a guideline, NOT a requirement or government rule that you must follow. That is CDC guidelines, not say Costa Rica or Mexico or Belize guidelines, where I was traveling to. The pandemic situation is very fluid. Each country has its statistics on its pandemic situation. Unfortunately we, as Americans, are the worst, the king of the world in this category. If we travel overseas, we are actually going to safer environment.
Our live is full of risk, but we manage that risk. Everyone has different values of risks vs. rewards. At some point in the past it was good to follow such CDC guidelines when the pandemic at the worst point. I didn’t travel in USA, nor overseas for 10 months last year, canceling about 8 trips.
When each countries is starting to gain control of its pandemic situation and began to open up for tourism with some reasonable restrictions to control the spreading of the virus such as requiring each traveler to get negative PCR and COVID-19 rider in travel insurance, I resume my overseas travel. I went to Cocos in December. The Costa Rica guidelines is what I followed, not CDC.
I saw the opportunity to travel again after 10 month of self quarantine. I took the risk. I proof to myself that I could manage that risk. I didn’t contract the virus during the trips. I self quarantined for 2 weeks after I was back home by not seeing anyone even my own family and close friends. I traveled again to Mexico (Socorro) in January and to Belize in February. And again still COVID-19 free to this date. I know you all think that I’m just lucky three times in a row. We’ll see what happens to my 4th one next week to Maldives.
You,
@MichaelMc @KenGordon @Altamira @Pressurehead and many others that I missed to mention, are just like hound dogs seeing fresh meat, ganging up on me, looking into any fallacy in my travel and pointing this & that. Yea, I get it. There are higher risks traveling at this pandemic time, but there are risks in everyday life. We need to manage the risks vs. the rewards. I even include 2 weeks or more possibly staying overseas due to contracting the virus or required quarantine if I unfortunately incurred. I have annual DiveAssure travel insurance with COVID-19 rider on it. Are you planning to do the same when you are in Bonaire?
So I just want to make sure you walk the talk, not a hypocrite.