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    We asked, you answered: NPR readers share how they handled COVID on vacation

    Nearly 5,000 NPR readers told us how they dealt with COVID on a trip. Did they respect the CDC guidance to wait 10 days before flying? Or did they travel anyway? What lessons do they have to share?
    by Marc Silver Jul 15, 2022 5 minutes
    Source: Malaka Gharib/NPR

    You went on a trip. And you got COVID. Now what?

    That was the topic of our Coronavirus FAQ last week. We asked people how they handled the situation. Did they respect the guidance from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention to quarantine and wait 10 days before flying? Or did they travel anyway, even though they might infect others?

    I've been in this dilemma myself. And it seems like many other NPR readers have been, too. We were flooded with nearly 5,000 responses via Instagram, Facebook, email and Twitter.

    Many readers shared that they could not afford the added expenses of quarantine or couldn't get a week off from work, so they traveled while sick. They warned that getting the antiviral pill Paxlovid or even a pulse oximeter could beand face unexpected expenses.

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