Anonymous wrote:^For those that have been to Italy and specifically Lombardy -- what's it like/how big is it? Is this the equivalent of locking down a US state or 5 US states or half the US? Also how's the living situation there -- densely congested like apts in China or more single family homes etc.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is more a traveling question than a health question so I'll ask it here.
What happens to tourists who are visiting in Milan, Venice or Parma right now during this lockdown?
Can they come back home or are they stuck for a month?
That's what I want to know too. I'm sending my high school kid to another country with a family friend in a few weeks and trying to decide if we should cancel. I'm not really worried about him getting the virus, but if he did, I'm worried about him being quarantined in a different country and being alone.
Italy just announce possible quarantine of the entire Lombardy region. That’s 16 million people unable to come in or go out.
From the WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/italy-plans-large-scale-lockdown-in-countrys-north-to-fight-coronavirus-11583613874
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is more a traveling question than a health question so I'll ask it here.
What happens to tourists who are visiting in Milan, Venice or Parma right now during this lockdown?
Can they come back home or are they stuck for a month?
That's what I want to know too. I'm sending my high school kid to another country with a family friend in a few weeks and trying to decide if we should cancel. I'm not really worried about him getting the virus, but if he did, I'm worried about him being quarantined in a different country and being alone.
Italy just announce possible quarantine of the entire Lombardy region. That’s 16 million people unable to come in or go out.
Anonymous wrote:
From a US perspective you can come right in and waltz around down. IDK if there a lockdown on the Italian side.
Italy Plans Large-Scale Lockdown in Country’s North to Fight Coronavirus
Quarantine, if approved, would ban movement into and out northern provinces, including the cities of Milan, Venice and Parma
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is more a traveling question than a health question so I'll ask it here.
What happens to tourists who are visiting in Milan, Venice or Parma right now during this lockdown?
Can they come back home or are they stuck for a month?
That's what I want to know too. I'm sending my high school kid to another country with a family friend in a few weeks and trying to decide if we should cancel. I'm not really worried about him getting the virus, but if he did, I'm worried about him being quarantined in a different country and being alone.
Anonymous wrote:This is more a traveling question than a health question so I'll ask it here.
What happens to tourists who are visiting in Milan, Venice or Parma right now during this lockdown?
Can they come back home or are they stuck for a month?
Anonymous wrote:This is more a traveling question than a health question so I'll ask it here.
What happens to tourists who are visiting in Milan, Venice or Parma right now during this lockdown?
Can they come back home or are they stuck for a month?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Work travel to Boston, San Diego, Houston and New York in the next two weeks. Would fly everywhere but New York, usually I take the Acela for that trip but open to flying if that is somehow less risky. My company has encouraged us to rethink "non-essential" travel and says they'll support anyone who feels comfortable traveling right now but leadership seems to consider client travel essential. Feeling very stuck and put in an unnecessarily risky position right now.
Me too. I have Los Angeles, Dallas and San Francisco in the next 5 weeks. Leadership is going so it’s not going to look good if I balk.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:West Palm Beach this Wed-Sat. Staying in a hotel not a house. Direct flight from DCA. Plans include wandering palm beach island, walking the beach, and eating out bc Ubering between places bc parking is a hassle. Age 39, heart valve condition but otherwise fine.
There is some evidence that people with heart conditions are more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19: https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/02/27/what-heart-patients-should-know-about-coronavirus
There is some very preliminary evidence that, even in those who recover, it may also cause heart damage.
So, no, in your shoes I’d very regretfully skip this wedding.
Thanks for the sanity check. Canceled.
Fortunately it's not a wedding, unfortunately it was a very much needed (haven't gone anywhere besides work and home in 13 mos) 3 day getaway. TBH I feel like a paranoid idiot for canceling as friends etc. are like -- it's only Florida, NBD, they have healthcare there; not that many cases; etc. Reality is I don't discuss my heart valve issue so it's not like casual friends/coworkers etc. can see that I have it. Not worth chancing it -- simply moving thru airports, touching TSA bins etc. I knew it was hitting harder for people with any underlying heart disease, did not realize there was any research that even preliminary suggested this CAUSING heart damage. Definitely cannot risk that for a vacation that I could go on in 6 mos or 1 yr or whatever.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:West Palm Beach this Wed-Sat. Staying in a hotel not a house. Direct flight from DCA. Plans include wandering palm beach island, walking the beach, and eating out bc Ubering between places bc parking is a hassle. Age 39, heart valve condition but otherwise fine.
There is some evidence that people with heart conditions are more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19: https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/02/27/what-heart-patients-should-know-about-coronavirus
There is some very preliminary evidence that, even in those who recover, it may also cause heart damage.
So, no, in your shoes I’d very regretfully skip this wedding.
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone worried they will reschedule their trip to a worse time, instead of better?
Anonymous wrote:I think just nonstop Acela has been canceled. Regular Acela service is still on.