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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people are just freaked out because AFRICA! Africa is scary! when the travel advisory from DOS is level 1 (exercise normal precautions) for The Gambia at this time. It’s level 3 (reconsider travel) in Australia, Greece, France, etc.

If it’s Covid safe at the time of travel, then I really see no reason not to go. [/quote]

But the issue is that you don't really know if it's COVID safe. The Gambia is at level 1 because there's no evidence of substantial COVID concerns.  It could be that the country has very low COVID rates or it could be because they're not testing much.  So many countries are at level 1 that I would suspect have COVID problems, and that's because they don't have the materials or capacity to do proper testing.[/quote]

DP.  That is the first time this issue has been brought up, so I don't think it's an effective rebuttal to the post you're replying to.  The actual issues that have been brought up on this thread are, in no particular order: landmines, war, sex tourism, sex trafficking, being the only person in the country who is white, rape, and availability of healthcare.

"I don't know whether we have enough insight into their Covid tracking procedures to determine the level of spread" is a legitimate concern, but PPP is correct that most of the posts on this thread can be boiled down to OMG AFRICA!!![/quote]

Ok, sure.  I'm not those posters, saying OMG Africa, because I've actually been to a number of countries there.  I do know enough, and know enough people who work at State to know that just because a country is at Level 1, it doesn't mean it's actually in a good place.  It just means, they have no information to the contrary. 
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