The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal reduced the original sentence for Mack and her boyfriend, Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, to two months on December 22, after the court agreed that the original four-month term was not appropriate in the circumstances.
Mack, a medical student at Mercer University, left for the islands on November 27 after a negative test for Covid-19 at home, her grandmother, Jeanne Mack, told CNN. When she landed, she did another Covid-19 test, which was negative, and she was told to remain in isolation for two weeks. Instead, she decided to participate in the Ramgeet competition, two days later. Race participants, who knew Mack, reported his violation of the isolation and officials arrested her.
In his “Good Morning America” interview, Mack said that breaking the quarantine rules was a “selfish decision”.
“I would never have been able to live with myself, knowing that I could have been the reason someone just got sick. It eats me up, ”said Mack at GMA.