As I understand it... any vaccination (measles, chickenpox,... including COVID)... do NOT keep you from contracting the virus, vaccinations simply give your body the necessary "tools" to fight it off and destroy the virus to keep it from replicating. Vax's are not like force-field shields, preventing the virus from entering your body. So even with a vaccination, you could still test positive if exposed to the virus and possibly pass it...you simply would not get sick (showing symptoms), or as get as sick that would require hospitalization.
If you get the vaccination you will most likely have the antibodies which will show that you have recovered from Covid so you shouldn't need the test.
I was hoping for this, but unfortunately it doesn’t look like this is acceptable documentation of recovery. You need a positive test and a letter saying that your safe to travel from a health professional.
Q: "If I've had the vaccine, do I still have to have a negative test result paperwork to hand in before I board my flight back home? A: Yes, unless you have the "proof of recovery paperwork," which is defined as a previously-positive test result AND a letter from your physician confirming that you are safe to travel with others. Note, the CDC reg says NOTHING about antibodies... antibodies are irrelevant to the Rule. They want it to be very simple "at the shart end," where "the rubber meets the road." In other words, for some schlep who's working as a gate atendant and is rushed/hurried to get people ON the plane as quickly as possible... they need a VERY simple, black & white answer to the question, "Do you have the negative test or proof o recoery pperwork?" If so, you get on the plane, if not... you don't. Stacia just heard from someone (on Facebook, so take it with a grain of salt) that a testing center is being set up in one of the Cancun Hotel Zone's major hotels to accommodate travellers to Cancun. It'll be private-pay of course, but I betcha it's faster turnaround than 72 hours. If they charge the right amount, it could easily be the rapid tests, with results back same-day.
This will be a gamechanger for a lot of people including us. Seems like a roll of the dice to be able to return home on time
Sadly I think many US citizens will cancel their trips if it’s not reasonably easy to get a rapid test at a fair price. IMO Temptation and other hotels need to act quickly to get this in place. We arrive in 2 weeks but will cancel if it looks like getting a test will be a major and expensive hassle.
The repercussions of having to stay until a negative test (although tempting) is in hand will weigh heavily on people im afraid
We have heard that the Mexican Government is trying to set up a facility in the hotel zone for testing in addition to the private labs and hospitals. They are also arranging hotels at a discounted rate close to the airport incase you do test positive within the 72 hour mark are are not able to fly. As Canadians we had to do this last week, tested Thursday flew on Sunday. They wanted our negative tests at the airline check in counter. Anyone without a negative test was turned away.
