CDC adds seven destinations to 'very high' Covid-19 travel risk list

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: CNN

France and Iceland are among seven destinations added on Monday to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's highest risk category for travel.

Travel should be avoided to locations carrying the "Level 4: Covid-19 very high" notice, according to CDC guidance. Anyone who must travel should be fully vaccinated first, the agency advises.

The seven destinations added to the Level 4 list on August 9 are:

• Aruba

• Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)

• France

• French Polynesia

• Iceland

• Israel

• Thailand

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cdc-adds-seven-destinations-to-very-high-covid-19-travel-risk-list/ar-AAN7rYu?li=BBnb7Kz

[Doodley]

1. Not Florida?

[PortTack]

9. And TX...and AR, LA..and all the southern states!

[Lasher]

17. These are only the 7 recently added destinations.

The USA was already there.

CDC Graphic: COVID-19 Travel Recommendations by Destination

[Hortensis]

22. Right. The ENTIRE U.S. is a Level 4 high risk nation for travelers.

Last edited Wed Aug 11, 2021, 11:05 AM - Edit history (1)

I just looked to see what case rates are per state. SEVEN states are higher than FL, but they're all among dozens with fairly similarly high rates shown on this graph dated dated 8/9 (a #s worse today):

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109004/coronavirus-covid19-cases-rate-us-americans-by-state/

[Lonestarblue]

2. Considering where I live, I'd be better off traveling.

Travis County is at Level 5–top level before red alert. Maybe the CDC needs to issue alerts for US cities to avoid, though you’d have to live under a rock not to know that any red state is a bad choice.

[Initech]

3. Wow, Isreal went from not being a risk to "do not travel".

[orleans]

7. i know--i thought they were doing really well nt

[LisaL]

8. They are having a delta outbreak, like we are.

Frankly, many states in the US should be on no travel list right now.

[orleans]

13. agree. nt

[Farmer-Rick]

18. Yeah, 85 percent of Israeli adults are vaccinated

But that does not include children, and I'm not sure how the West bank and Gaza are counted. But damn, if it is that bad there. It is going to be hell here soon.

Here's an interesting article about the statistics of breakthrough cases.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/19/vaccine-skeptics-zero-israel-again-some-reason/

[rockfordfile]

5. We should be limiting travel to hose places.

[Nittersing]

6. Oh dang. Marthe48 was just chatting about a trip to Iceland. nt

[Marthe48]

15. Yes, yes I was

The visit is some time away. I hope Iceland can avoid a bad infection, whether we go or not.

I was reading their Covid risk yesterday and feel like I had rose colored glasses on.

[Warpy]

10. Iceland has done a great job

on getting their population vaccinated. They just couldn't afford to lose another tourist season, especially with the draw of an erupting volcano so near the capital.

Here's a good rundown on hat's happening there: https://grapevine.is/news/2021/08/10/covid-roundup-cdc-puts-iceland-in-highest-risk-rank-domestic-cases-down/

(I recommend The Grapevine as a fun read, it's their English language magazine with video reports online, as well)

[Marthe48]

16. Thanks

I'll look at that too.

[dalton99a]

11. Kick

[NickB79]

14. After Sturgis ends next week, expect the upper Midwest to go red in a few weeks

I'm in Minnesota and I'm dreading the fallout from that goddamn superspreader event next door.

[BigmanPigman]

19. My first thought too.

[roamer65]

24. That's a definite.

It WILL spread it.

[FakeNoose]

20. Why isn't Florida a solid black?

They need a color that's higher than "High"

[Hortensis]

23. Well, because FL's a bellweather of what's happening in the United States,

perhaps? As a travel destination concentrating carriers from around the nation?

I looked at the whole list. Over 70 level 4.

[IronLionZion]

12. They can add much of the US to that list

especially southern states like Florida. I'm sure several countries have US on their high risk lists.

[llashram]

21. after the thousands

from 'the Sturgis anti-vaxxer terrorist rally' finish with us add America to this list.