GJC
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Another consideration is if you fly somewhere and happen to test positive before you fly back, you will be in quarantine for 14 days or so until you can fly back.
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The ethical issue is you're putting other people's lives in danger. The counter argument is we do that every time we drive, outside the pandemic we could acquire and spread strains of the flu that could injure and kill people, and we don't normally live lives committed to maximum risk mitigation.
Another consideration is if you fly somewhere and happen to test positive before you fly back, you will be in quarantine for 14 days or so until you can fly back.
Sweet, thanks. That seems a nice summation of valid concerns.
After the first couple pages I just got sick of condescension, patronizing, passive aggressive bents and logical fallacies.
Not in the US since you can not board a plane to return home without a negative test or documentation of recovery.Not only that you may have another 14 days mandatory quarantine at final destination as well.
However, the CDC recommends (COVID-19 and Your Health) self-quarantine/isolation after return and the Presidential Executive Order of January 21 says this is mandatory, per (a)(ii):Not in the US since you can not board a plane to return home without a negative test or documentation of recovery.
Quarantine is applicable to exposure. A traveler testing positive and undergoing isolation until released for travel does not need quarantine since they are within the grace period from illness and can indeed travel for 3 months without additional testing.However, the CDC recommends (COVID-19 and Your Health) self-quarantine/isolation after return and the Presidential Executive Order of January 21 says this is mandatory, per (a)(ii):
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Local/State laws can supersede this.
How does this relate to the CDC guidance, which is simply about returning home from travel internationally?Quarantine is applicable to exposure. A traveler testing positive and undergoing isolation until released for travel does not need quarantine since they are within the grace period from illness and can indeed travel for 3 months without additional testing.
- For adults previously diagnosed with symptomatic laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 who remain asymptomatic after recovery, retesting or quarantine is not recommended if another exposure occurs or might have occurred within 90 days after the date of symptom onset from the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection.
- For adults with past laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 who have never had symptoms and have had a subsequent exposure or possible exposure, the date of first positive viral diagnostic test result (RT-PCR or antigen) for SARS-CoV-2 should be used in place of the date of symptom onset to determine the interval between past infection and the recent exposure. This interval can then be used to inform decisions about testing for the recent exposure.
The CDC guidance to quarantine is to cover for possible exposure during travel. We have the same guidance for exposure in the states though few follow it. Specifically the guidelines are...
Get Tested and Stay Home After Travel
These are guidelines for returning travelers that were not diagnosed with covid.
- Get tested with a viral test 3-5 days after travel AND stay home and self-quarantine for a full 7 days after travel.
- Even if you test negative, stay home and self-quarantine for the full 7 days.
- If your test is positive, isolate yourself to protect others from getting infected.
- If you don’t get tested, stay home and self-quarantine for 10 days after travel.
- Avoid being around people who are at increased risk for severe illness for 14 days, whether you get tested or not.
I am not aware of specific guidelines for returning travelers post covid other than the general covid exposure recommendations I linked. Do you have a link?