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At the domestic arrivals terminal at SFO, Saturday evening, we polled 12 different travelers coming into the Bay Area from all over the country, some COVID-19 hotspots -- Houston, Colorado, New Hampshire, Phoenix, to ask if they plan to follow the state's new 14-day quarantine travel advisory. We promised to hide their identity to get some honest answers.
One traveler, flat out said "no." Not because he didn't want to quarantine but because it wasn't going to be possible. He's traveling again in 5 days.
"I'm getting a test on Tuesday and if that's negative, i'll base it on that," said another traveler.
One student coming home from college said he had no idea there was a travel advisory, he didn't get notice at any of the airports. There are no signs at SFO indicating there's an advisory.
"I was not aware of that."
The final result of our informal poll of 12 travelers was encouraging: Will you follow the state's new 14-day quarantine travel advisory?
1 - NO.
1 - I DON'T KNOW.
7 - DEFINITELY YES.
3 - YES BUT... ( meaning they were generally isolating but not with any strict rules, while others were going to get test right away)
"There's way too much gray area for sure," said one traveler.
And not just gray area. Our poll was just a sample of 12. According to SFO officials, in November last year, more than 4 million travelers came through the airport. This year that traffic is down by about 75% but that's still a lot of people. Many public health officials are worried about California being boxed in by other states with higher COVID-19 numbers.
In a press conference last week, state health officials say if the advisory doesn't work, they'll consider enforcement.
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One common thing that seemed to be motivating the travelers we talked to, care for loved ones.
"My mom is elderly and I don't want to risk her health," said one traveler.
"I've got two kids, my husband is in the medical field, so we're going to do what we have to do to stay safe."
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