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To go on a plane with covid?

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Coursha · 09/07/2022 08:38

I have covid right now and due to fly to Spain in a few days. The rules are that I just need to show my vaccine pass but doesn’t seem to say don’t travel of you have covid. Can this be right? Don’t know if I need to cancel. I tested positive 4 days ago.

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XenoBitch · 09/07/2022 18:34

If nothing is mentioned about having Covid, then assume it is fine to travel. By then, you would be outside the 5 day window where it is suggested you avoid people anyway.

Go and enjoy your holiday.

Movinghouseatlast · 09/07/2022 18:58

You will probably be negative by then.

I got Covid on holiday recently. Typical after avoiding it for so long! By the time I travelled back I was Day 5 so allowed to fly. I felt awful though as I was still coughing terribly. I nearly stayed in Greece.

In the queue at the airport a huge family were all discussing their high fevers. "It won't be Covid" they said. " He's so hot!" they bellowed as they patted down a 7 year old child.

On the plane every other person was coughing and hacking away. Sadly at the moment doing the right thing as an individual won't stop others transmitting it.

I wore an N95 mask the whole journey but none of the other people coughing did.

Marsoupial · 09/07/2022 19:04

"If you booked before 8 June 2022 (for travel to be completed by 30 September 2022) and you test positive for COVID-19 or another individual on your booking tests positive for COVID-19 within 2 weeks before your outbound flight, you can submit a request to cancel your original booking and request a voucher. Supporting evidence of a positive COVID-19 test is required."

From BA.

ASimpleLampoon · 09/07/2022 19:12

You need to test on days 4 and 5. If both are negative you are fine. If one is positive you keep testing till you get2 consecutive negatives.o

MargeSimpson79 · 09/07/2022 20:27

ASimpleLampoon · 09/07/2022 19:12

You need to test on days 4 and 5. If both are negative you are fine. If one is positive you keep testing till you get2 consecutive negatives.o

Except you don’t actually need to test at all…. 🤷🏼‍♀️

HesterShaw1 · 09/07/2022 20:56

ASimpleLampoon · 09/07/2022 19:12

You need to test on days 4 and 5. If both are negative you are fine. If one is positive you keep testing till you get2 consecutive negatives.o

No you don't.

Berlinlover · 09/07/2022 21:04

bossyrossy · 09/07/2022 14:06

I tested positive last Sunday, still positive today Saturday, DH tested positive Thursday. Of course we tested, we don’t want to pass this on to friends or family or to strangers, so we will not go out until we test negative. We have had four vaccinations and still caught it. It’s not nice, we both feel groggy with flu like symptoms. We would probably be in hospital if it were not for the vaccines.

You wouldn’t have caught Covid in the first place if your vaccine worked 🙄

XenoBitch · 09/07/2022 21:05

ASimpleLampoon · 09/07/2022 19:12

You need to test on days 4 and 5. If both are negative you are fine. If one is positive you keep testing till you get2 consecutive negatives.o

Where does it say this?

User5935702 · 09/07/2022 21:06

People make it up as they go along

CinderellyCinderelly · 09/07/2022 21:23

So basically what you're saying OP is regardless of the advice, you're picking holes in it all and you fully intend to go.

No point to this thread knowing full well you have no intention to cancel your trip for now.

ludocris · 09/07/2022 21:59

CinderellyCinderelly · 09/07/2022 21:23

So basically what you're saying OP is regardless of the advice, you're picking holes in it all and you fully intend to go.

No point to this thread knowing full well you have no intention to cancel your trip for now.

Where have you got that from?

SoupDragon · 09/07/2022 22:02

Berlinlover · 09/07/2022 21:04

You wouldn’t have caught Covid in the first place if your vaccine worked 🙄

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Ah... someone else who didn't actually listen when the vaccines were explained.

User5935702 · 09/07/2022 22:02

OP isn't going until Wednesday, most would be back at work after that length of time

ArcheryAnnie · 09/07/2022 23:27

ludocris · 09/07/2022 13:16

You have no idea where your DS got covid. It could have been from you FFS.

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@ludocris my DS and his dad became ill at exactly the same time. DS doesn't live with his dad, and hadn't seen him for a fortnight before they went to the airport together, so it is reasonable and logical to assume they caught it on the same occasion. I don't know how often his dad tests, but I and DS still test reasonably regularly, and I had taken a test the day before as I was meeting people the day they flew. I'm also still very likely have temporary immunity from having it earlier in the year. So no, I don't believe I did give it to them, and yes I do believe they got it at the airport or on the plane.

Transport hubs are an established high risk location FFS. I'm hardly reaching. And nobody should get on a plane (or go out in public) while testing positive for covid.

ArcheryAnnie · 09/07/2022 23:30

Also @Berlinlover that's not how these vaccines work.

XenoBitch · 09/07/2022 23:44

Transport hubs are an established high risk location FFS. I'm hardly reaching. And nobody should get on a plane (or go out in public) while testing positive for covid

You can go out in public with Covid now though. Have a look at the latest guidelines.

ArcheryAnnie · 09/07/2022 23:46

XenoBitch · 09/07/2022 23:44

Transport hubs are an established high risk location FFS. I'm hardly reaching. And nobody should get on a plane (or go out in public) while testing positive for covid

You can go out in public with Covid now though. Have a look at the latest guidelines.

Something can be both legal and still be utterly a dick move.

Having covid and mixing with strangers is a dick move.

ludocris · 09/07/2022 23:50

What people fail to realise is that if everyone keeps following the rules like it were 2020, and didn't travel anywhere for two weeks after testing positive, the travel industry would collapse and then no one would be able to go on holiday unless they were stinking rich.

OP will have gone 1.5 weeks since she tested positive by the time she travels. The chances of her being infectious still are very low. The vast majority of adults are now fully vaccinated. The disease itself is little worse than a cold for most people.

So I say have a lovely holiday OP ☀️

XenoBitch · 10/07/2022 00:01

ArcheryAnnie · 09/07/2022 23:46

Something can be both legal and still be utterly a dick move.

Having covid and mixing with strangers is a dick move.

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There is no pay for self isolating anymore. If you feel ok and can work, you have to go in.

Gingersay · 10/07/2022 00:05

I posted earlier as did a few others who have travelled recently but the point seems to have got lost, some Spanish Airports are randomly pulling people out at passport control and taking their temperature, my dh, dd and dn had there's taken last week.

TheKeatingFive · 10/07/2022 00:14

I really doubt the OP would have a temp that many days post initial test. None of us had a temperature with covid at all, bar DS1 who had one for about 6 hours when initially I'll, but disappeared immediately after that.

TheKeatingFive · 10/07/2022 00:18

Initially ill

WanderingFruitWonderer · 10/07/2022 05:37

It's a weird one with Covid these days. We know it's generally mild Omicron (many exceptions) and we know it's all around us. But still, if we know for a fact that we, or someone we know, has Covid, it still feels contact is irresponsible and reckless. It's the knowing. I've just been through this - was meant to be visiting family this weekend, got a message whilst on route on the train that my SIL just tested positive. Obviously we have had to postpone my visit. Knowingly entering the home of a Covid+ person at their most infectious point would be considered irresponsible and reckless by almost everyone. But I could well have been travelling in very close proximity to any number of Covid+ people on the train! I just wasn't aware of it.
Obviously many people aren't testing now. I wonder if they partly don't test because they don't want to face the fact they may have Covid, 'ignorance is bliss' type reasons. I actually do understand the psychology, especially people who are struggling financially.
The OP was responsible to test. I actually think it's very likely she'll be negative by then. Hope so. If still positive, then I probably wouldn't travel personally, because of the knowing. But to be fair, she'll be past the 5 days, and unlikely to be infectious. Probably far less risk to others on board than fellow passengers who have Covid and don't know.
I hope it all works out well for you OP, and that you're negative by then, and can enjoy a wonderful holiday

GoodThinkingMax · 10/07/2022 06:55

If you decide to fly

WEAR A MASK.

And wear a close fitting mask properly - the KN95 masks will fit well over nose and mouth.

User5935702 · 10/07/2022 07:04

DS had Covid and only had a hives type rash, there must be many more like that going about their business.