To go on a plane with covid?

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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.

Lots of people are still eligible for free tests.
Tests are available at relatively low cost from many supermarkets and pharmacies.
Dearer tests are available from many companies for the purpose of travel too.

I would go and flew back from our family holiday with it (didn’t know for sure as obviously we’re told not to test) but didn’t fancy being stuck in Spain alone for no reason and with no insurance cover as they now don’t treat covid as a reason not to travel.

Guidance is to stay away from vulnerable people for ten days after testing.

So yes, a twatty thing to do.

Why? Just why would you risk passing it on to others who also want to enjoy your holiday.

And if people are travelling thinking they have covid because they didn't take out insurance that covers covid they are simply selfish twats as well.

I wondered this a while back. I imagine it’s because we’ve learned to live with other Illnesses but covid is still relatively new.

You’ll be day 8 and highly likely not to be infection. Day 8 is out of isolation before the rules were reduced to day 5 (with testing on days 5 and 6). At that stage, an exit test on day 8 was not mandatory and you could get on with your life. People were therefore also allowed to fly. I hope no one else tests positive in the family. Enjoy your holiday.

There are no rules on isolating or anything anymore.
You can still test positive for weeks, but after 5 days you're unlikely to be contagious. This is from the Gov website, it explains it all on there.

Everything about this post is ridiculous.

It is considered a minor illness now by a vast majority of population and should be treated accordingly. Absolutely go

Seriously go and ignore the clearly unhinged people on this thread. You are no longer responsible for other people's health, 2 years of putting other people first is enough. Go and enjoy yourself.

<sounds of the unhinged posters exploding with rage 🤣>

If you still have symptoms by the time of the flight then that would be very unreasonable. Its one thing for people to fly unknowingly ill, or symptom free, but quite another to fly knowingly with symptoms, as that's more likely to spread it. Not just with covid, but with other illnesses too. Years ago I had to sit next to someone on the plane who clearly had a fever (shivering under a big coat, on a warm plane, face looking ill etc.), unsurprisingly I came down ill a couple of days later and ruined half my holiday.

Maybe because one on had any natural immunity to covid so it was far more prevalent than other viruses.

how many of the common viruses that are usually about have such a high hospitalisation and death rate as covid did?

Hmm, I'm not sure if this would actually be claimable anyway, especially not if OP isn't testing positive or having any symptoms by the time she travels which is a very real possibility. I got travel insurance for our household for a recent trip, and was advised it was a comprehensive policy re covid. But even then I don't know that it would've covered choosing not to go when there were no legal restrictions and we were testing negative. Would insurers really pay out for someone just not choosing to go after they'd had covid? Obviously if she is still positive and/or feeling unwell that might be different.

You would have to hire a private plane for this. If everyone had to test free of every infectious disease prior to every flight then there would be no holiday flights.
Hopefully you are not one of those people who think that if you can't do something then nobody should.
I caught Covid returning from Turkey last week. I suspect the plane as someone 2 rows in front was coughing and sneezing but it could have been the airport, doesn't really matter where, I've got it and am now recovering.

Just go op. You are not responsible for other people's mental health or anything else.
It is advisable to isolate for 5 day, not law.
Most people are not even testing now!
If people are that nervous about catching covid then they should consider not getting on a plane.

But wouldn't that be the case for your neice even pre-covid? People on planes may have all sorts of viruses they don't know they have, that could seriously harm an immuno suppressed person. It is a really awful situation for your neice but it isn't the rest of the world's fault.

This.

@Notanotherwindow I am so very sorry to hear about your neice. But to put such hideous blame and guilt on other people just isn't fair. We live in a world surrounded by bacteria and viruses. We can't all stop living our lives because of the very small chance (given the number of days post infection) of passing on what is a very mild virus for most people.

💐

Some people want there to be someone to blame. It can't just be that you or your loved one got infected by an asymptomatic person going about normal life, what with virus transmission being an inevitable and unavoidable part of human existence. It's got to be someone being selfish, disgusting, an action with a moral element.

Because we don’t have to test anymore and there are no rules regarding wearing masks or anything, there will be many people spreading it who are asymptomatic. You will also likely not have covid by then. So I would wear a mask and go.

Could you wear a FFP2 mask on the flight?

Oh God, I hope Karma is a real.thing. vile.

Is it also OK to go on a plane with, say, chicken pox? If not, why not?

You don’t need to isolate with covid in Spain (from what I understand) so everyone on the plane will have to put up with the same carry on over there anyway.

You will probably be negative by the time you fly though.

no wonder it’s spreading like wildfire

There is no legal requirement to isolate any more. I have just had covid, likely caught at work. We only get SSP so some people can’t afford to take time off and come in when positive. My friend teaches and she was told to return on day 6 regardless of still testing positive.

Travel insurance won’t cover a cancellation when there is nothing other than your own morals stopping you from travelling.

Whether we agree with it or not, isolation is now optional.

Look at the check in of your flights. I did a ryanair one recently and I had to agree about being covid free etc to do so. Obviously you'll need to look at your own flight it's requirements and your dates.

If you are not allowed to fly then your insurance will cover, if you are then it won't- so pretty simple I guess.