I’m not sure that they do unless a case is confirmed. When I got my call from DOH, 2 days after we returned home from FL, they asked me for my flight info. That leads me to believe it was not there with the DOH agent doing her follow up with me.
I hope that would be the case because my trip is also in November now, I just moved it from this week. I just don't think Governor Cuomo would do that since we test more than any state, 7 times more than Florida yesterday, yet Florida still saw more cases.So NY numbers are unfortunately rising. I wonder if we reach 10% here in NY if Cuomo will be allow us to travel to other states that are at about the same levels without having to quarantine. My trip is in November and I’m hoping we don’t have to cancel. I wouldn’t mind having to take a test upon return to avoid quarantine. We did a 14 quarantine in September after our trip. It was not fun
She flew from Detroit and had been in Michigan, and only Michigan, for several months beforehand.
This didn't age well. Florida just posted some of their lowest numbers in a long time.
With NY numbers rising, it would be counterproductive for Cuomo to allow travel to other states with equally high numbers. It would be inviting a spike in numbers, and he wants to keep it as low as possible. If anything, I see him tightening restrictions if NY numbers continue to rise.So NY numbers are unfortunately rising. I wonder if we reach 10% here in NY if Cuomo will allow us to travel to other states that are at about the same levels without having to quarantine. My trip is in November and I’m hoping we don’t have to cancel. I wouldn’t mind having to take a test upon return to avoid quarantine. We did a 14 day quarantine in September after our trip. It was not fun
Its been my understanding from others I know that passenger manifests are not cross-referenced. I can only speak to the Buffalo airport, but from what I have been told, arriving passengers are ushered into a room before they can leave the secured area and they are made to fill out forms containing their contact information and quarantine location. The health department then follows up by phone a day or two later to confirm the information. They do ask for your arriving flight information on the form, but there's been nothing I have read or heard that they actually are using resources to cross-reference passenger manifests. Since they call to verify, the only purpose would be to locate arriving passengers that they have not been able to make contact with and may have possibly provided false contact information. By the time its determined contact can't be a made, a few days have already gone by and it would be a waste of resources to track down a person that is nearly halfway through their quarantine period.
Florida is showing 12% as of yesterday, which is a bit higher than they have been. They did show 9.53% as of Saturday, which is their lowest in a while, but the database I look at shows "0" for daily positives, so I think there was an error in the data feed that day causing the percentage to look deceivingly low.
Agreed. No one should tell someone where they can and cannot go. I am a teacher in NY and plan on visiting in March. I have been working harder than ever and now even more value the importance of making memories with my family. If they make me quarantine for 14 days after , I guess I just get a longer vacation than I’ve ever received. As the holidays approach there is no way this is going to be enforced. We are all on borrowed time. No one should tell someone they cannot visit family members. Therefore this will be the most unenforceable and idiotic order while holidays occur. People ( and students included ) will be forced to be dishonest so they are not punished for wanting to spend time with your families.
I wholeheartedly agree with you. But I also see how Cuomo has been operating, and removing the quarantine if we get to 10% would be in direct contrast to everything he has been saying and doing. The whole purpose of the shutdown back in March was to flatten the curve and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. But, once that occurred, it became a power trip about getting numbers as low as possible and keeping restrictions in place to keep the numbers that way. NY is less than 3 or 4% at this point. If we spike to 10%, that would be a huge jump and Cuomo will freak out and bring us back to Phase 1 or worse. He certainly would not allow travel to states with similar levels, since that would only add to the spike. So many people will travel once that quarantine mandate is lifted. So, restrictions would be tightened, not loosened, if we hit a number that high again (God forbid!).
Once the election is done and Cuomo does or does not know if Biden will make him AG then we will see things change. Simple politics.
We should probably shift topics since political discussions are prohibited on the Dis and I really don't want this thread to be locked - I enjoy commiserating and watching the numbers with people in the same boat as me!
Where do you see NY #s that low? I look at the covidactnow.org site and it shows 7.2 per 100k. I’m curious where the official numbers come from.
You're right - its the region I live in (upstate) that has the low percentage. Overall, as of Tuesday, they are at 7.2%.
Yep, I corrected myself in the post above. Thanks!
