MASTER Cancel Travel b/c of COVID-19 Questions Thread

[Anonymous]

Couple went to Italy - came back with COVID-19. Which is why I won't be hopping onto any of those cheap flights.

She said the man who had returned from Italy, called his doctor complaining of symptoms.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/first-cases-coronavirus-confirmed-georgia/4P22YK37OBF2ZIC5VY2YOX7KDE/

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't go on a cruise ship and I wouldn't travel to a country with a current outbreak (northern Italy, Iran, china,) but otherwise yes we will travel.

The economic impact of not rebelling due to fear will lead to tons of unemoyment, families losing their homes, suicides, kids going hungry. There is a large segment of working poor who work in the travel, hospitality, retail and service industries who will be severely negatively impacted by everyone staying home.

Unless there is an actual risk, we will continue to travel. We have family currently travelling internationally right now and more leaving next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right now only 26 people in the entire USA have caught COVID from someone else and most of those people are in a nursing home.

At this point your chances of winning a huge lottery are higher than your chances of catching COVID 19. In the six weeks that it has been spreading there are still less than 100 cases in the US and 48 of those are people expatriates back from China and the cruise ship. A measly 26 have caught it from someone else (and in the confines of a nursing home with a vulnerable population mostly).

The numbers will rise but I think it is alarmist at this stage to be cancelling all travel. It is very very low risk that you will catch it right now, especially when travelling to cities that don't even have confirmed cases.

I strongly suspect that these numbers are artificially low because the US has NOT done an adequate job of testing the required number of people to get an accurate sense of the spread of COVID-19. It's already been reported that the initial batch of tests that the CDC sent out for testing was both small AND faulty. If we are seeing community cases in various parts of the country--that is, cases where patient-zero can't be identified--it means that the patient is likely already two or three degrees removed from patient zero, which means statistically that there are likely thousands of Americans with COVID across the country right now. We just haven't had them tested and reported. As better test kits become more widely available this week, numbers will go drastically up. Likely people have already died with COVID that we don't know about because they haven't been tested.

NP, I agree with this--the number of cases is likely much higher than already identified, for the reasons you mention.

Apparently genetic study on the cases in WA state indicate it's been in state for ~6 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Would you fly to Texas with 2 kids in 2 weeks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you fly to Texas with 2 kids in 2 weeks?

I’d be leaning yes, barring a huge outbreak in the area you are headed to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go on a cruise ship and I wouldn't travel to a country with a current outbreak (northern Italy, Iran, china,) but otherwise yes we will travel.

The economic impact of not rebelling due to fear will lead to tons of unemoyment, families losing their homes, suicides, kids going hungry. There is a large segment of working poor who work in the travel, hospitality, retail and service industries who will be severely negatively impacted by everyone staying home.

Unless there is an actual risk, we will continue to travel. We have family currently travelling internationally right now and more leaving next week.

Yes, this is our approach. Not traveling to China/Italy/etc., but otherwise just taking reasonable precautions (washing hands, etc.).

[Anonymous]

Another case in NYC. This man likely took public transport to work everyday and recently flew to Miami. He’s in critical condition.

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/politics-on-the-hudson/2020/03/03/coronavirus-new-york-westchester-man-has-states-second-confirmed-case/4937479002/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go on a cruise ship and I wouldn't travel to a country with a current outbreak (northern Italy, Iran, china,) but otherwise yes we will travel.

The economic impact of not rebelling due to fear will lead to tons of unemoyment, families losing their homes, suicides, kids going hungry. There is a large segment of working poor who work in the travel, hospitality, retail and service industries who will be severely negatively impacted by everyone staying home.

Unless there is an actual risk, we will continue to travel. We have family currently travelling internationally right now and more leaving next week.

Yes, this is our approach. Not traveling to China/Italy/etc., but otherwise just taking reasonable precautions (washing hands, etc.).

Agree with this approach. Family is healthy with no compromising health condition, two teenss. Right now we plan to take a spring break trip to Cancun, but we can cancel ahead of time should circumstances change. I worry about our President using this as an excuse to close the southern border.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go on a cruise ship and I wouldn't travel to a country with a current outbreak (northern Italy, Iran, china,) but otherwise yes we will travel.

The economic impact of not rebelling due to fear will lead to tons of unemoyment, families losing their homes, suicides, kids going hungry. There is a large segment of working poor who work in the travel, hospitality, retail and service industries who will be severely negatively impacted by everyone staying home.

Unless there is an actual risk, we will continue to travel. We have family currently travelling internationally right now and more leaving next week.

Define actual risk. There is community spread in the Seattle area. There is almost certainly community spread in the SF Bay Area. I'm not saying you should be making one decision or another, but there is actual risk (of varying levels) with almost all travel right now.

[Anonymous]

What do you think about someone traveling - nonessentially - to king county wa?

[Anonymous]

Predictions whether schools will cancel sports team training camps (Florida, California, Georgia)?

[Anonymous]

Optional Speaking engagement in two weeks in NJ - but conference would get cancelled if I can’t attend (about 200 people and networking after). Toddler at home. Crazy to Cancel right? I have nagging anxiety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Optional Speaking engagement in two weeks in NJ - but conference would get cancelled if I can’t attend (about 200 people and networking after). Toddler at home. Crazy to Cancel right? I have nagging anxiety.

My company would have already cancelled my attendance as a guest, not speaker. They are not allowing attendance at any conferences with more than 100 people. Honestly, I think I'd cancel. You're probably going to end up meeting many of those 200 people during networking time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another case in NYC. This man likely took public transport to work everyday and recently flew to Miami. He’s in critical condition.

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/politics-on-the-hudson/2020/03/03/coronavirus-new-york-westchester-man-has-states-second-confirmed-case/4937479002/

He also has an underlying condition:

remains in a New York City hospital and has an "underlying respiratory illness," according to Cuomo.

[Anonymous]

Flying to Salt Lake City (Park City) this weekend with wife and baby. Staying at a large hotel at a ski resort for 3 nights/4 days.

What do you think?