Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
#376
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Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
Which doesn't help me as i'm a Canadian citizen so can already enter/leave as I please so long as I follow the 14 days.
I saw the flight plan thing but it seemed very vague and not a lot of concrete info was given..typical for this government and public health administration.
I saw the flight plan thing but it seemed very vague and not a lot of concrete info was given..typical for this government and public health administration.
https://tc.canada.ca/en/initiatives/...ansport-canada
https://tc.canada.ca/en/initiatives/...ating-covid-19
https://tc.canada.ca/en/initiatives/...-measures#toc8
Airports worldwide https://www.icao.int/safety/Pages/CO...rt-Status.aspx
Last edited by Siouxie; Aug 19th 2020 at 4:38 pm.
#377
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
#378
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/can...d-19-1.5689249
"Mohamed said Canada's travel restrictions will continue as long as the global outbreak remains a threat, foreign visitors risk spreading COVID-19, and "no reasonable alternatives" are available to prevent the virus's spread. "
But there is - testing on arrival and requiring a previous negative covid test in order to avoid the quarantine.
(Sly also suggested that Canada could explore other methods of controlling its borders, such as mandating rapid COVID-19 tests for arriving travellers, as is already happening in several Caribbean countries.)
Idiots.
"Mohamed said Canada's travel restrictions will continue as long as the global outbreak remains a threat, foreign visitors risk spreading COVID-19, and "no reasonable alternatives" are available to prevent the virus's spread. "
But there is - testing on arrival and requiring a previous negative covid test in order to avoid the quarantine.
(Sly also suggested that Canada could explore other methods of controlling its borders, such as mandating rapid COVID-19 tests for arriving travellers, as is already happening in several Caribbean countries.)
Idiots.
#379
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Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/can...d-19-1.5689249
"Mohamed said Canada's travel restrictions will continue as long as the global outbreak remains a threat, foreign visitors risk spreading COVID-19, and "no reasonable alternatives" are available to prevent the virus's spread. "
But there is - testing on arrival and requiring a previous negative covid test in order to avoid the quarantine.
(Sly also suggested that Canada could explore other methods of controlling its borders, such as mandating rapid COVID-19 tests for arriving travellers, as is already happening in several Caribbean countries.)
Idiots.
"Mohamed said Canada's travel restrictions will continue as long as the global outbreak remains a threat, foreign visitors risk spreading COVID-19, and "no reasonable alternatives" are available to prevent the virus's spread. "
But there is - testing on arrival and requiring a previous negative covid test in order to avoid the quarantine.
(Sly also suggested that Canada could explore other methods of controlling its borders, such as mandating rapid COVID-19 tests for arriving travellers, as is already happening in several Caribbean countries.)
Idiots.
#380
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
Tests are currently 70% accurate? That's not good enough to just let someone loose in Canada after a test.
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Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
A relative was (officially) told that there was a 70% chance of getting a false negative result .. and reports appear to confirm this
#382
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
Positive.
#386
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
It's a risky business too because even if Biden does win in November and gets to work fixing this as quickly as possible in his first few months of office, that's still going to be at least 12-18 months that normal Canadians will never get back.
Last edited by DigitalGhost; Aug 20th 2020 at 11:43 am.
#387
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
Whether its due to lack of customers, but you can get some proper awesome airbnbs for bargain prices now, I've got one eye on things in the hope that my PR comes through and an exemption is made for those settling like those from the US have now been granted. Given the lack of soft landings and the fact that they want everyone to travel together - my original plan of hiding in a hole for 2 weeks, then bringing the other half over once I'd got a place sorted is a no go.
But plenty of lakeside cabins set on an acre or so of land that are pet friendly within a couple of hours of international airports are going for semi reasonable prices, granted they aren't on instacart or the like, but some of them are on other services or have IGA in the town or the like offering such a service.
For what its worth reference quarantine, whether you do or don't agree with it, the fact is it is there, it exists, risking the punishment for breaking it is foolish as well as selfish. Which leaves the choice of not coming, or coming and getting on with it. You can't control the situation you are in, but you can very much control your attitude to the situation you are in.
But plenty of lakeside cabins set on an acre or so of land that are pet friendly within a couple of hours of international airports are going for semi reasonable prices, granted they aren't on instacart or the like, but some of them are on other services or have IGA in the town or the like offering such a service.
For what its worth reference quarantine, whether you do or don't agree with it, the fact is it is there, it exists, risking the punishment for breaking it is foolish as well as selfish. Which leaves the choice of not coming, or coming and getting on with it. You can't control the situation you are in, but you can very much control your attitude to the situation you are in.
It's a catch 22 situation. Staying in downtown Toronto or Vancouver when you're not really allowed to leave the premises you've chosen seems a little pointless however you will also have a world of food delivery options at your disposal there. Also if you're looking to use the LCBO/Liquor Stores to have anything other than beer or wine delivered when you're on a 1 way flight out of the UK to a non-EU country and potentially have airport duty free shopping at your disposal then I think you might be doing it wrong.
Many nice hotels are also similarly priced to AirBnB's btw since they're not exactly full of bookings atm and they have the advantage of being far more amenable to travel plan changes if you get dicked around on flights (like I have been by Transat twice already in the last few weeks) and you don't have to clean them yourself etc.
Last edited by DigitalGhost; Aug 20th 2020 at 11:55 am.
#388
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
I've always thought that's exactly what it is. I've only ever had to apply for tourist visas when I've been to countries with whom Britain is on less than friendly or reciprocal terms e.g. Russia and Turkey.
#390
Re: Quarantine for COVID 19 discussions.
Which says a lot about how those two countries view and relate to the wider world I think.
Don't even get me started on those two though. I'd happily tear into them all day but this isn't really the thread for it.
Don't even get me started on those two though. I'd happily tear into them all day but this isn't really the thread for it.