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Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Twirling Time, Jan 21, 2020.

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  1. John

    John Well-Known Member

    Good grief. What a nightmare.
     
    John, Aug 30, 2020
    #13321
  2. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    Sorry. Sucks.
     
    Mngwa, Aug 30, 2020
    #13322
  3. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    Yikes. Any chance your family's willing to pass a hat around to help you out?

    Meanwhile, I'm thinking it's pretty assinine that the international air carriers haven't bonded together to fund an instant COVID test site at every airport. I mean for crying out loud I took one at the Ventura County Fairgrounds the other day and got my results in 30 minutes for $100.
     
    TigerVols, Aug 30, 2020
    #13323
  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I don't know the deal with what the govt. is requiring in Hong Kong, but when we were dealing with this for a flight to France, it had to be a PCR test. A negative within 72 hours of boarding. The Abbott Labs / instant tests aren't accepted by the French govt., because they give too many false negatives.

    We managed to make it work, but unlike the logistics Trooper is dealing with, she had a direct flight, so if they turned her away at the airport for whatever reason, she would have just headed back to our apartment in NY. We got her tested Monday for a flight on Wednesday night. We didn't get the results until right before we left for the airport. Thankfully the lab came through. There were a lot of labs that were taking 5 to 7 days to get people results from PCR tests, but we got this lab from the French Consulate and drove to the lab itself for them to take the sample to cut a doctors office in NY out of the loop -- one less place for things to go wrong, we figured.
     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 30, 2020
    #13324
  5. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    Payday was the 27th, so I should be OK for a while longer. I don't want to impinge on the family, especially so soon after a funeral (shockingly expensive things, they are). The American Airlines people told me they used to have a place for testing within the DFW airport but it got discontinued a couple months ago -- they had no clue as to why.

    Just got back from my latest test. I'm hedging my bets with a trip to a local Walgreens tomorrow -- one of the lab techs today said they had PCR tests with results in 24 hours or less. As I'm now scheduled to fly out Tuesday night, that would be well within the window. Hong Kong wants a "nucleic acid test", which is another name for PCR. On top of the negative test within 72 hours of the flight to Hong Kong with an EXACT name match and all the other details, they want documentation of the lab/hospital's accreditation and a confirmed reservation of 14 days at a Hong Kong hotel (must be a hotel, no hostel, Air B&B, etc.). Part of the problem is the Hong Kong government keeps moving the goalposts under pressure from medical experts and various industry/interest groups. Its fecklessness was mildly tolerable while I was safely inside the city; now it's just infuriating.
     
    TrooperBari, Aug 30, 2020
    #13325
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  6. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    HanSenSE, Aug 31, 2020
    #13326
  7. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Starman, Aug 31, 2020
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  8. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Hope it was more legitimate than the IDs you can get in Vegas.

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    BTExpress, Aug 31, 2020
    #13328
  9. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Great plan!

     
    Inky_Wretch, Aug 31, 2020
    #13329
  10. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    This was happening so often that Americans using the "Alaska loophole" now are required to display at all times a tag on their rearview mirror that has where and when they entered Canada and the date they should be out (giving them just enough time for a direct trip). People are genuinely pissed about this shit.
     
    HC, Aug 31, 2020
    #13330
  11. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Canadians just don't understand that Americans think they should be allowed to do what they want, and when they want. Rules are for other people.
     
    poindexter, Aug 31, 2020
    #13331
  12. HC

    HC Well-Known Member

    Oh no ... Canadians totally understand that Americans think that way.
     
    HC, Aug 31, 2020
    #13332
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