U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international air passengers

Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by standardUser on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:27PM (#25753043)

It's not clear to me how this works. What if you've recently recovered from a confirmed case of COVID-19? People can still test positive up to 90 days after recovery, even though all guidances say they stop being contagious 10 days from the onset of symptoms (assuming symptoms have improved and no fever).

And what about people who have been vaccinated. Wouldn't proof of vaccination be sufficient and spare limited testing capacity?

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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by karmasimida on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:41PM (#25755004)

Then they shouldn't go on a flight. Simple as that.

Traveling to another country is not a right but a privilege, many of HN commenters always like to throw this line.

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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by standardUser on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @12:52PM (#25765553)

That's not actually an answer to the question, just a lazy way of dismissing it that adds nothing.

EDIT: People who recover can in fact fly: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-...

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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by 6nf on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:41PM (#25754213)

The vaccine question is going to be interesting. On one hand, if I'm vaccinated then I should be able to fly right? But no vaccine is 100% effective so do I need to get tested anyway? Are we just gonna have to get used to supplying a DNA sample every time we buy plane tickets?

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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by raverbashing on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:06PM (#25753649)

> What if you've recently recovered from a confirmed case of COVID-19?

Then you wait until your test comes clear

> People can still test positive up to 90 days after recovery

In very rare cases

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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by standardUser on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:58PM (#25766462)

Turns out, you can fly if you have proof of a positive test in the past: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-...

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Re:U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for international... by standardUser on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:42PM (#25754237)

A positive test result from > 10 days ago and a temperature check should be sufficient. Otherwise, we're just asking people to get tested over and over (and most guidances say don't get tested within a few months of a positive result).

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