MA residents can go to Maine again!

[prudenceb]

Gov Mills has announced that effective immediately MA residents can travel to ME without negative test or quarantine.  Also, fully vaccinated people from any state can now travel north!

https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-unveils-plan-protect-public-health-support-maines-economy-during-upcoming

 

Prudence

Edited March 5, 2021 by prudenceb

[alcoons]

That is great.

However, perhaps I am missing something. Even with two shots (since you could still be asymptomatic?), the Return Rules to Massachusetts seem unchanged. 10-day quarantine or negative test. 

[https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-travel-order]

I do wonder if the "returning from a lower-risk state" criteria of the exemptions fits

[https://www.mass.gov/forms/massachusetts-travel-form]

but which metric is that measured by? It looks like Maine is a lower risk for Daily New Cases per 100K (11.8 vs 21.4 ) but higher on Infection Rate (0.98 vs 0.91 )

[https://covidactnow.org/?s=1645584]

 

 

[mhabich]

You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave. 

Yeah, we can go to Maine, but can’t re-enter MA. A get-out-of-jail card won’t get us back in either. 

[prudenceb]

10 hours ago, mhabich said:

You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave. 

Yeah, we can go to Maine, but can’t re-enter MA. A get-out-of-jail card won’t get us back in either. 

Get a Covid test on return.  Not a lot of competition for them right now and MA actually wishes more people were getting tested.  This is a perfect excuse.  I would also predict MA will relax rules.  Frankly I've always been more worried about how ME reacts to us Massholes than how MA reacts to anyone entering the state from anywhere - given that MA has apparently never enforced their own rules.

[rfolster]

17 hours ago, alcoons said:

I do wonder if the "returning from a lower-risk state" criteria of the exemptions fits

[https://www.mass.gov/forms/massachusetts-travel-form]

but which metric is that measured by?

The current list of COVID-19 lower-risk states and territories includes: 

Hawaii	Missouri	Oregon
Puerto Rico	Washington

[BethS]

I have been going north and coming back to MA all winter, it's not really a big deal. You can just get a covid test on returning, which is easy to do these days.  (Or if you have been winter camping and been nowhere near anyone you can just say you will quarantine upon returning!)

Of course if you just spent the last 15 hours on a plane flying back from Hawaii and sitting in an airport as you change planes in CA then no worries....  ?

[prudenceb]

MA just announced fully vaccinated people can come into MA from anywhere without test or quarantine, so for those folks, trips to and from ME, NH etc totally legal.