Talleyho69 wrote:
I have wondered about testing in any form for any purpose for about the same reason.
Realize that I read the Los Angeles Times daily, but don't have a television so don't watch the news.
If I were to have a test today that came out negative and made me "safe" to board an airplane or whatever, what would keep me from being exposed to Covid on my way out of the testing site and be contagious in a few days???
I must be missing something here.
First - I thought you were talking an emergency medical evacuation flight, not a scheduled airline flight. I still think those would be under different rules.
As far as testing, and possible post-test/ pre-flight exposure. There is no guarantee. But it would hopefully minimize the movement of people who are pre-symptomatic, or asymptomatic.
A substantial number of Covid positive people are never diagnosed or tested. They have very mild symptoms. And they spread the disease to others.
Just like one of my elderly friends. Their 30ish granddaughter was determined to be the source of Covid brought into their home. She never had symptoms, and when finally tested, she was well past the infectious stage.
But it was too late. Both 70+ grandparents had died of the disease. Her mother eventually died. Her daughter - age 6, was very ill and may have permanent damage to her lungs.
Hopefully you would not go from a negative test to infectious in three days.
Or we could just close all the borders, stop all air travel and slowly starve.
