[JGBigGreen]

Or the OP could have a Covid test done within 72 hours of travel and, if negative, be exempt from the quarantine by sending the results to the DPH via email.

Originally Posted by markfromct

The OP will need to self quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. He also must fill out a travel health form upon arrival. Please, unless your mother is deathly ill, stay in Florida.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by JGBigGreen

Or the OP could have a Covid test done within 72 hours of travel and, if negative, be exempt from the quarantine by sending the results to the DPH via email.

In an Orlando Florida suburb? Good luck with that. Uuuuuge delays assuming you can get tested.

[Stylo]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

In an Orlando Florida suburb? Good luck with that. Uuuuuge delays assuming you can get tested.

Embarrassing that we're almost 6 months in and don't have readily available, free rapid testing everywhere.

[JGBigGreen]

Might be hard but likely not impossible. With just 2 minutes of looking on the web, I found several CVS Minute Clinics with appointments today in Orlando. Test results are delayed for 6-10 days but could be useful for the OP depending on timing of their trip. Better than telling them to stay home like another poster did IMHO.

Originally Posted by GeoffD

In an Orlando Florida suburb? Good luck with that. Uuuuuge delays assuming you can get tested.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

In an Orlando Florida suburb? Good luck with that. Uuuuuge delays assuming you can get tested.

This is untrue. My father, in hard-hit South Florida, got tested twice in the last month without any issues. Testing is widely available in FL - drive through and walk-up, with symptoms or asymptomatic. He received results fairly quickly.

[Danny K]

Originally Posted by markfromct

The OP will need to self quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. He also must fill out a travel health form upon arrival. Please, unless your mother is deathly ill, stay in Florida.

If he goes via backroads, I honestly think the OP can likely bypass that. I wouldn't see how anyone would really know that he came from Florida.

[JGBigGreen]

I would assume the OP has Florida tags. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if some nosy person confronts them or reports them without knowing if they’ve quarantined or been tested and exempted.

Originally Posted by Danny K

If he goes via backroads, I honestly think the OP can likely bypass that. I wouldn't see how anyone would really know that he came from Florida.

[Danny K]

Originally Posted by JGBigGreen

I would assume the OP has Florida tags. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if some nosy person confronts them or reports them without knowing if they’ve quarantined or been tested and exempted.

He should remove all those tags honestly. Although if he has a Florida license plate, that might be harder.

[retiree2011]

Originally Posted by CTartist

My mom and dad lived in North Carolina for five years. The worst traffic is in and around Washingon DC in southern MD and northern VA. We would take the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to by pass all that. If you are afraid of heights (or being closed in) it would not be good for you though. My husband would drive over this bridge and tunnel because I am afraid of both.
https://www.tripsavvy.com/chesapeake...tunnel-1040466

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I drove that bridge/tunnel to Florida last year and it was scary the first time I did it - oncoming traffic, including tractor-trailers, and only a yellow painted line separating traffic lanes. Coming back, I got behind a tractor-trailer and stayed behind it, so I didn’t see the oncoming traffic.