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róisín_dubh

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39. Travel between the U.K. and the US...

Wed Jul 28, 2021, 12:24 AM

Jul 2021

Is insanely difficult at the moment. I’m currently in the U.K. and one of the lovely “breakthrough” cases (likely delta, but I don’t know for sure yet). It is almost impossible for an average Brit to come over to the US; you either must be a citizen or a permanent resident, or the immediate family of one. My partner cannot travel with me. I am not sure at this time how I will get home, as since I am currently Covid+, I may continue to test positive for the next many months. Today my day will be spent on the phone with the US embassy and the NHS, trying to figure out where I get paperwork from attesting to my illness and recovery.
That the US does not have quarantine requirements for unvaccinated people is shocking.
Sorry for the long ramble.

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CDC updates guidance, recommends vaccinated people wear masks indoors in certain areas [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 OP

. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #1

It's a walk-back BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #2

I just don't listen to them anymore. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #4

Well you ain't the only one BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #6

I have not stopped wearing one. sheshe2 Jul 2021 #7

My newest strategy is to do the opposite of what they say. When they said Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #8

Agree. sheshe2 Jul 2021 #9

I've gone back to double masking with a surgical mask StarryNite Jul 2021 #12

KN95 or N95 are better choivrs RAB910 Jul 2021 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Jul 2021 #10

So does that mean you are going to stop wearing one now? MichMan Jul 2021 #25

No. They only said to mask if you're in a high transmission area. I'm in a lower transmission Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #27

Low transmission area? LisaL Jul 2021 #28

You'd think. But this is the CDC we're talking about. Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #29

Yep, they didn't get all that higher education for nothing. LisaL Jul 2021 #33

Yes it is. sheshe2 Jul 2021 #11

Yes - I have been most concerned with the schools BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #15

It's a walk-back because too many boneheads wouldn't vaccinate. C Moon Jul 2021 #34

They knew Delta was coming BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #35

Travel between the U.K. and the US... róisín_dubh Jul 2021 #39

Not a long ramble but your reality. BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #40

In other news... EYESORE 9001 Jul 2021 #3

Well it boxes in and takes away one excuse for the ones who have been proclaiming-- BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #5

Yup! n/t Ms. Toad Jul 2021 #38

I remember over a year ago BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #41

CDC recommendations but what about asshole governors StarryNite Jul 2021 #13

Well they are the Chairs of the state Death Panels BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #16

A federal mandate is the only way to get a handle on this Maggiemayhem Jul 2021 #30

They are dangerously under-stating the breakthrough frequency Ford_Prefect Jul 2021 #14

I think so BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #18

There is no consistency to their sources and testing is a bad joke at this point. Ford_Prefect Jul 2021 #20

Well at least here in Philly BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #32

CDC seems to be always late to the party.. Have they no foresight whatsoever? HUAJIAO Jul 2021 #19

Wow rockfordfile Jul 2021 #21

So will Blue states reinstate their mask mandates? Polybius Jul 2021 #22

Not a chance. Cuomo is still in political hot water. wnylib Jul 2021 #37

Why the CDC has little credibility left dalton99a Jul 2021 #23

Those are not contradictory. LisaL Jul 2021 #24

Plus, Dr. Walensky has been an unmitigated disaster. littlemissmartypants Jul 2021 #26

Sigh Maggiemayhem Jul 2021 #31

I know Skittles Jul 2021 #36

I've gone back to masking Bayard Jul 2021 #42

I haven't stopped double-masking BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #43