To go on a plane with covid?

[Coursha]

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.

Can we have more specific details on what days all of this has/will occur?

If you tested positive 4 days ago, your trip may not actually start until after the isolation period

I'm sorry but people like the OP are not responsible for your 'mental health'. I'm not saying she should fly - it depends how long it will have been since she tested positive and whether she is symptomatic. But there's only so far her responsibility goes.

That said I wish you and your DD luck in recovering.

Playing devils advocate slightly but as people aren’t testing any more there could be plenty of people travelling with Covid who are asymptomatic.

Also, would insurance even cover you now if you had Covid that was a minor sniffle (not sure I haven’t looked at it) but if you had spent £££ to go home to see family (in Australia say) or a long haul holiday of a lifetime and knew insurance wouldn’t pay, I can see how it does happen.

Not saying it’s right but imagine it’s happening frequently anyway .

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

You'll be out of the previously stated isolation periods, so if you have no symptoms then just go.

Most people aren't testing that regularly now as tests are no longer provided and results no longer regularly recorded anyway.

For what it's worth, I'm just back from Spain. Our Covid vaccination papers were not asked for once, either at the UK end or in Spain.

There are no rules. It's entirely up to you.
General 'advice' is to self isolate for 5 days after first positive test.
1 in 26 has Covid - we are all surrounded by it and have to learn to live with it.
The question for you, if you decide to travel with a positive test, is: can you live with possibly infecting others?

Don't listen to those saying don't go....ridiculous!

You aren't even obliged to test anymore.

I would treat this the same as having, for example, chicken pox or D&V which is: it’s a shitty downright awful thing to do and I wouldn’t do it.

They do but I'm sure I remember it being said that the way they do it actually means you're more likely to catch covid in the queue for security. Something to do with the way the mechanics of the plane work iirc

I’m pretty much ‘get on with life’ but getting into an enclosed space with people while knowingly infectious with anything is just a horrible thing to do.

It’s a tricky one but
a. Regardless of what the op does there will be many people on the plane with covid, some likely unknowingly
b. She probably wouldn’t be able to claim on insurance, given that there are no longer any “rules” as such. Why should she lose our financially when the situation is a?

not saying she should fly btw but many others in the same situation will

Is it a holiday? Group of you going?

You could test negative by the time of your flight, most people I know that have had it recently tested Neg by day 5/6 but have had lingering symptoms and have felt fatigued and generally off for a couple of weeks.

Quite a few posters on here are very keen on the idea that they caught covid through someone acting in a way they deem to be inappropriate. Because the virus has a strong moral backbone, clearly. Nobody ever seems to think they caught it from an asymptomatic person. Or acknowledges that they consented to encountering covid when they chose to fly, go to the cinema or engaged in whatever other optional leisure activity it is that they're complaining about.

In reality, based on what we know about this current strain and the prevalence of it, the person who will be on around Day 8 or 9 after a positive test probably isn't the one on the plane most likely to be infectious.

That's my feeling, too, but it doesn't seem to be a popular sentiment with the general public.

A year ago I would have gone nuts as someone daring to be so selfish (appreciate the rules were different, but in principle - you get my gist) but now, like it or not, I don't see you have a choice.

It's permitted so there won't be any insurance or cancellation policies to help you get your money back (I think, haven't checked).

Phone your insurer and see if you're covered to rebook. If you can avoid it then avoid it.

This ^^

I was over omicron in 3-4 days but testing positive til day 7/8

I imagine lots of people are getting on planes knowing they’ve got covid because I can think of 3 people I know who’ve done it recently and that’s just the ones I know.

One of the many reasons vaccine passes are nonsensical. So you can fly covid positive if you are vaccinated but not if you are unvaccinated? Hmm.

My dd has covid likely from a flight, spoiled our weekend totally and she's been quite sick.

It's post the 5 days isolation so you'd be following the guidance, provided you don't have symptoms.

All the 'shitty', 'awful', 'selfish' accusations being flung around are getting ridiculous. You are outside of the isolation period, why wouldn't you go?

As long as you aren’t breaking the rules either here or in Spain, then it’s fine for you to go.

One of the many reasons vaccine passes are nonsensical. So you can fly covid positive if you are vaccinated but not if you are unvaccinated? Hmm.

Well that's an entirely separate issue, but you're absolutely right.