about 3 miles from the airport, created for short-term business visitors to conduct meetings in Singapore without the need to quarantine on arrival.
I tried to sign up online, but the system failed every time for three days. Eventually my application was processed manually over the phone, and I was soon armed with a “Safe Travel Pass” approval letter from the Singapore authorities.When New York state opened up vaccinations to frontline health care workers, I qualified as a newly minted primary caregiver.
I didn’t meet a hurdle I couldn’t trip over in this journey, so of course I nearly fell at the most important barrier: testing.Each country has slightly different rules, and sometimes parallel rules for citizens and visitors. That created confusion about when to start the testing clock. For example, Singapore requires a negative PCR test within 72 hours of departing.
My only sure bet was to join a concierge medical service that promised quick test processing via its own internal lab. I’m now a member of One Medical and took a test three hours before my first flight. I called and emailed One Medical, and begged Delta to let me show them the test results when we landed in Detroit, to no avail.
The escort system only worked because there was virtually no one in Incheon Airport. Normally the airport would see about 200,000 passengers pass through each day — far too many for even hundreds of escorts to keep control of.
I don't understand why people are so ready to die to get back to Normal. Getting back to normal is what's going to kill hundreds of thousands more people. We shall never be normal again, many will only die trying though.
Come across our Southern Border, and you won't have any problems and we will reward you?