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Covid changing my plans...

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

I had planned to travel to Arkansas this weekend to attend a wedding....but now I see Arkansas, Arizona, and Alabama have been added to the states that will be added to the 14 day quarantine list.

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Suzieque
3 years ago
I’m surprised that the couple hasn’t been in touch! They must have made alternate plans by now. In my opinion, you are far better off not going to a wedding right now
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
3 years ago
I agree!
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phoggie
Original Author
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
This was just announced by a TV station here minutes ago...perhaps the wedding party isn’t even aware of it yet. I sent a text to the grandma who went there this morning and she had not heard about this....she is feeling sad that she will now be quarantined for 14 days after she gets home. She has been extremely careful here so that she could go and now this....
Suzieque
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Of course I don’t know how many people were to attend the wedding, But I thought that every state, or at least most states, had a limit on the number of people at a gathering. This isn’t old news. Glad you’re staying home.
chisue
3 years ago
phoggie -- Weren't you to have the laser surgery for essential tremor in June? Scrubbed due to Covid?
sheilajoyce_gw
3 years ago
We are wondering if conditions will be good enough to have the family here for our traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners/ weekend.
desertsteph
3 years ago
to the 14 day quarantine list.

what does that mean? they can't leave their houses? the state for 14 days? my news comes on in about 15 min. so will turn it on. didn't hear

anything about it on the morning news - but then I don't always watch all of it.
beesneeds
3 years ago
Oh, do stay home. I feel for the wedding couple- I was supposed to to to a May, then June, now till next year wedding.
morz8 - Washington Coast
3 years ago
Phoggie, I'm sorry your plans were spoiled. I do see on the news that anyone returning to Kansas from Arkansas by today's date is supposed to quarantine for 14 days.

We were to go to a wedding just on the E side of the state in two weeks (Washington). The spike in cases E of the mountains is troubling and we're not going. Just far enough it would have required an overnight stay and doing that wouldn't feel safe or comfortable yet.
maifleur03
3 years ago
Phoggie I do not know what state you are located in but the rest of the family may not know what your state's rules are if they live in Arkansas. If they live in Arkansas you may want to make more than the grandmother aware.
nicole___
3 years ago
desertsteph...I found this:

Beginning Wednesday, June 17, anyone who has traveled to Alabama, Arizona, and Arkansas will be asked to self-isolate for 14 days upon returning home.

Additionally, KDHE has removed Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island from the quarantine list.

In the past two days, health officials in Arizona announced an increase of over 3,000 new COVID-19 cases and ICU nurses from other areas are being dispatched to help care for patients in the state.

Alabama and Arkansas have also seen an increase in COVID-19 positive cases since re-opening.

Other travelers who are being asked to quarantine are people who have been to Maryland after May 12, International travel after March 15 and cruise ship travelers after March 15.
User
3 years ago
This doesn't apply to anyone but Kansas residents, though, right? I'm not finding anything about a quarantine in Arkansas and I live very near there.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
3 years ago
My birthday and anniversary is this Saturday. I had considered renting a house at the beach on Bolivar peninsula for us to get out of the house. But after seeing how booked up everything was we changed our plans. We are staying home. It's just not a risk we are willing to take. We may go out for dinner not decided yet.

Texas is spiking again.

Plus man it is hot! The humidity has been super low, so nice! That's changing and we are being slammed by the Sahara dust storm here along the coast. Major breathing issues and allergies with the dust.

At least the dust helps lower the risk of hurricanes!
ci_lantro
3 years ago
FWIW, when I returned from AZ in late April, I self quarantined by two weeks. Wasn't aware of any requirement to do so, just thought it was good sense.

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