Not sure where you are finding something that says if you were tested positive for Covid, that you can enter Canada.Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
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Not sure where you are finding something that says if you were tested positive for Covid, that you can enter Canada.Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...gime-1.6300833
sound like you can pick it up sitting around breathing the air in a hell of a copter
in 2020 there were 3 cases in the industry before it shut down
If you have a positive covid test you are exempt from the requirement to show a negative PCR test w/in 72 hours prior to crossing the border. Which is what ml242 said.Quote:
Originally Posted by eldereldo
Who needs a pre-entry test
All travellers 5 years of age or older
You must provide proof of a COVID-19 negative molecular test result to enter Canada OR proof of a previous positive test result taken between 14 and 180 days ago (starting January 15, 2022, between 10 and 180 days ago).
(typo here) Foreign nationals without a valid negative pre-entry COVID-19 molecular test result, proof of a previous positive test result or who have symptoms of COVID-19 be denied entry into Canada.Quote:
Originally Posted by eldereldo
and
Travellers who provide a positive COVID-19 test result taken within 14 to 180 days of arrival into Canada may be exempt from arrival testing.
all of the entry rules apply, what i am saying is you don't need the hassle of getting the pcr and you won't be subject to the random test either.
May be exempt. Sounds like they could still randomly choose you.Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
also this one:
https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/tr...ng-into-canada
Who needs a pre-entry test
All travellers 5 years of age or older
You must provide proof of a COVID-19 negative molecular test result to enter Canada OR proof of a previous positive test result taken between 14 and 180 days ago (starting January 15, 2022, between 10 and 180 days ago).
who knows. i’m headed to nyc next week not planning on getting a test on the way back. evaluate your own plans accordingly.
Didn’t realize you were Canadian.Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
Good luck.
This is so confusing. So if i have a positive test from today when i enter canada next month i dont need a new negative test within 72 hours? or that is the case but this doesnt start until Jan 15, so i need a positive post jan 15? i plan on entering feb 25, tks!
Normally you need a negative test to enter, ya? Thing is if you had COVID you can test positive for a while even though you're not contagious anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crippity
Soooo..... you get a positive test today lets say. As of Jan 15 you can then enter Canada without having to test negative. Just need the documented PCR test showing positive a minimum of 14 days prior. This is good for 6 months.
A positive test is the holy grail of cross-border travel documents. I would have loved one but here in Onterrible they stopped letting the plebs get PCR tests over the holidays. Get sick? Assume it's COVID. Rapid test positive? Yeah still no PCR for you - you have COVID.
Encouraging travelers to get covid. Great.
I can see the rationale, but I can also say it's the only thing that has actually made me think "gee, maybe getting Covid wouldn't be so bad?" since this all started. And I know that's dumb reasoning, but I must admit I still thought about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
That's your take from that?Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
So lets say you do get covid, and you have to for whatever reason enter Canada within 6 months. What's the alternative?
It's a contagious virus that cannot be controlled. We don't need to encourage the inevitable...
EDIT: The current situation is fucked though. Like, I had covid - tested positive over christmas with a RAT. Can no longer get a PCR though, unless I pay $200 or whatever at a private clinic. Now here's the rub - lets say I need to head out of country. I'd need a test within 72 hours of departure, but if that comes back positive I can't travel for 10 days. Only option really is to get a test 11 days prior, and if negative, then another one closer to the date.
They need to end the testing requirement altogether. I am effectively stuck here until that happens. Trying to keep covid out of the country seems a little silly at this point.
And with how quickly omicron spreads having a test within 72 hours seems a bit pointless, too. Basically most people are going to try to get tested close to that 72 hour mark to make sure they get their results back in time.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulster2626
I needed to get tested last night and had just read that discussion and I was actually thinking " for once there's an upside to this"
Have a place near nelson that I haven't seen in 23 months.
But it was negative- which I figured cause it just feels like a cold
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Originally Posted by The AD
FIFY and I agree. All this testing on fully vaxed people is stoopid unless they have symptoms.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulster2626
I independently got to the same testing-positive conclusion.
Scheduled a test for tomorrow -- 16 days prior to entry. If I pop a positive -- hoping I can recover by the planned trip. If it's negative...just have to be hella careful and hope that I test negative for the test I scheduled 3 days before entry. Nevermind that in those three days I am sharing a van with a friend carpooling up to there....
What would be ideal, would be if there was a reliable and quick anitbody test that would demonstrate you currently have adequate immunity from vaccinatioin or from having had Covid in the past. Perhaps that's a ways down the road, but I thought I read they do some form of antibody testing in Europe? I sure hope things become less complicated as 2022 proceeds but I'm not making any predictions.
I'm no expert but I've done way too much reading about COVID, off the top of my head:
- antibodies are only one of the forms of protection your body has against viruses, lacking them doesn't necessarily mean you're not well protected
- antibodies from a previous infection may be less effective against a new variant (having recovered from a previous variant is much less protection from Omicron infection, for example)
- none of your body's forms of protection will guarantee you don't get infected, and get sick and/or spread it to others
If you haven't checked it out yet, Your Local Epidemiologist is a great source of info. May have been mentioned in the previous 99 pages, I don't know.
https://yourlocalepidemiologist.subs...specially-with
Cool website with a lot of great information, Thanks. I was just trying to make sense out of all of the different approaches to recording current vaccinations and requirements for boosters and demonstrating immunity. With an array of combinations of the existing vaccines and new vaccines/boosters that may emerge, trying to objective determine a current level of immunity could get challenging. I hope that future travel gets less complicated across borders US/Canada as well as to other parts of the world.
We just canceled our mid winter escape to the Bahamas. Looks like they may shut the boarder.
Living in the only state with one state border and two provinces, three if you count ferry service to Nova Scotia, it has been too long since I have been to Canada. Hopefully crossing the border tomorrow. I was surprised one of the options on ArriveCAN app for quarantine plan was return home. I filled in a hotel address but may go back and modify it. Still not sure what I will do in a month when I go into a hut. Guess the same.
They is Canada or the Bahamas?
What makes you think Canada would shut the border? I feel like that adds nothing now omicron is the dominant strain. The Canadians adding the arrival PCR testing shows to me they want travel to stay open rather than close it like last time. Weirder things have happened though.
Anybody know who the shipping agent is for random tests taken at the Paterson border crossing? Purolator? Thinking of heading to Red Mtn and want to make sure there is a drop box in Rossland or nearby.
I have not heard or read anything that suggests Canada is considering closing the border again. I think Shreadhead was referring to the Bahamas.Quote:
Originally Posted by miketheskier
FedEx has been the shipper when I have crossed into BC. I just dropped it off at Shoppers Drug Mart.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
Really? This is new then. That wasn't an option when I last filled it out at Thanksgiving. I'm glad to hear that option is available now.Quote:
Originally Posted by cat in january
Right on, that'll work. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by phatty
Crossed the border last night and it sure wasn't like previous crossings. Much longer wait, much longer process w border guard. The fact that I registered us on the Arrivecan thing but didn't complete it (missed something) didn't help, and the guard emphasized that he coulda turned us back. Granted, I've never gone over at this crossing previously (I-87 into PQ), but I've crossed into Canada many times and this was a significantly different experience.
Our border crossing was smooth and relatively quick with just one car in front, Houston, Me/Woodstock, NB. The swab was a cluster. Buddy was randomly selected. Kit did not have serial number. Entered in NB but ended up in Quebec meant different agencies which added to confusion. He spent a couple hours the first night and a solid hour the second
With the rampant spread of Omicron, at some point soon I think it's going to be more about whether or not you're recently vaccinated vs testing negative or positive before traveling. This damn virus is already everywhere, it's coming to a point where you can't try to control it, you can only make sure people are vaccinated so the symptoms are mild or non-existent and they don't tax the health care system.
We are debating flying into Vancouver in March. The only concern is the ability to get a PCR test result within 72 hours of our flight. Currently (NY metro area), the wait for results is 5+ days… unless I pay for a boutique “rush” PCR test with guaranteed 24 hour turnaround time. For only $400!?!?
Things could be a whole lot different in March. The good thing about these huge spikes is they've always been followed by a very rapid decrease in cases.
isn’t it impossible to get a direct flight to vancouver from nyc these days? that’s as big of a dealbreaker for me as the pcr, might as well fly to geneva or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by spanky
the euros are doing everything with antigen tests. so much easier.
Air Canada EWR-YVR nonstop is still an option.Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
The Cathay Pacific JFK-YVR route was the bomb. Too bad they abandoned that one.
Not saying it's the reason for your greater scrutiny, but I've crossed there enough times to know that they are fucking assholes at this particular spot. It's happened to me enough times now that I will not cross in to Quebec if it can be avoided. Just stupid things, mostly involving the alcohol I am trying to bring back with me in a non-shady all on the up-and-up way. Oh and that time the guy launched in to a line of questioning about why I would bring 2 pairs of skis on a trip as if I'm some sort of ski-smuggling terrorist and not someone who likes a wider ski in fresh snow as opposed to a shorter skinnier one on east coast ice. Rummaged around my dirty underwear for a few minutes like he was going to find a stash of AK-47s or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dexter Rutecki
Just be prepared for the french border guards to take their jobs just a little too seriously is all I'm trying to say.
While we're on story time, my buddy has a license plate SKIVRMNT which makes for the best ever crossings in to Vermont. It's like the guards are always happy we showed up!
Yeah. I've had some shitty returns to Canada coming north on 89.
When I said "hello" and got a reply in French I knew I was in trouble.
Dude went on and on asking for proof of when I crossed into the US and then started giving us shit about the stuff we were bringing back despite it being within the rules.
We stayed at my in-laws so we didn't buy anything until a few days in and thus had no receipts from the first day there.
He eventually let us go but he was being a dick since he would have had that information already.
So Canada is going to 10-180 day window, but not until next week, two late for my friend who is within the 10-14 day window and of course keeps testing positive on NAAT and PCR. Canada won't accept antigen. So, he is missing his ski trip.
Why did Canada continue to bar fully vaccinated Americans with a negative PCR well into last August? Canadian border COVID policy has not made a lot of sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by miketheskier
Today's "pot, meet kettle" story:
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U.S. health officials on Monday advised against travel to Canada, citing “very high” levels of the coronavirus in the country.
I enjoyed the Sunday magazine on CBC this past Sunday. The interview with Dr. Madhukar Pai, and his take on addressing the pandemic globally was very poignant.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-57/clip/15888039
Current cases per 100kQuote:
Originally Posted by The AD
USA: 1492
Canada: 680
Seems an American could halve their chances of catching the 'vid by coming to Canada. Yeah, I don't know either. Our testing has gone to shit, though.