USA Mega Trip - July & August 2022
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Please compliment Kira on the wlndbreaker photo, I love it, and not only because I’m an IH fan.
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Man, that sucks. Sorry, Alex! I'm glad to hear you're not feeling bad, though.
I can't help but ponder the practicalities of this. I mean, I assume you can't get on a plane to head home if you're positive, so what do you do? Just sit in a hotel until you test negative?
I’m not going home for a few weeks, so I’m just chilling at my in-laws keeping away from the
And waiting for the negative result. I feel 100% fine now, after losing my voice yesterday so just a waiting game -
Please compliment Kira on the wlndbreaker photo, I love it, and not only because I’m an IH fan.
Thank you! Will do
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I had it for the last week or so. I just kept myself to myself. Something like 1 in 8 people have it in UK now, it's not a big deal any longer…..
I've yet to catch it myself. Almost feels like a game at this point – how long can I hold out
-- but the numbers are rising quickly in Los Angeles county. Cases have gone up 33% over the last 14 days!I never expected this thing to just go away. My hope is that it becomes a silly thing that we just live with. Glad to hear that it's not causing you or Alex much discomfort or inconvenience at this point!
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Is that exposure alert just an iPhone thing? Is it something you have to give your phone permission to access? Just curious as I've never seen that before.
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Also, sorry to hear about that bump in the road on the trip. Hope everyone feels well and doesn't get any bad symptoms.
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Is that exposure alert just an iPhone thing? Is it something you have to give your phone permission to access? Just curious as I've never seen that before.
Alex's posts sparked a conversation in my house about how this is done.
I was doing some reading and apparently this is something that iOS and Android phones do. I don't have all of the details, but it's something like this: the phones can sense other phones near them and log the fact that you were near this particular phone; if that phone's owner tests positive a few days in the future, the COVID exposure detection system on the phones will alert you that you were near this person who has now tested positive and that you might be infected.
Apple and Google created an API that is designed to allow iPhones and Android smartphones to interface with one another for contact tracing purposes, so if and when you happen to be nearby someone who is later diagnosed with COVID-19, you can get a notification and take the appropriate steps to self isolate and get medical help if necessary.
https://www.macrumors.com/guide/exposure-notification/
What I don't understand is how the phone knows that that person is positive. It makes sense if they test positive at a doctor's office as I'm assuming that physicians report COVID infections to the government which can feed it into a database that iOS and Android can query, but what if they test positive with an at-home test?
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I mean, I assume you can't get on a plane to head home if you're positive
well I was just thinking about this the other day. you can, because most countries no longer require pre departure tests or on arrival tests any more. whether you should is a totally different question..
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I mean, I assume you can't get on a plane to head home if you're positive
well I was just thinking about this the other day. you can, because most countries no longer require pre departure tests or on arrival tests any more. whether you should is a totally different question..
Oh boy, I didn't like flying to begin with! Didn't realize they stopped requiring a negative test. Do they scan foreheads still?
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Every time I think about flying, I just look at the news and am reminded that Toronto (YYZ) is a complete disaster. Lost luggage, cancelled flights, angry passengers due to the luggage and flights, and just an over all shitshow regarding ever changing regulations and testing requirements. We have won the number one spot in the world for cancelled and delayed flights.
Numerous times I keep thinking I'm going to try working this out where I can go to Gosport for the Anniversary Party but I just look at the news and shake my head…
