Travel, just leaving your yard, may not top your to-do list today, but travel is an integral part of our communities culturally as well as financially. Without it, something is off balance, missing – but then a lot of things are currently missing from our lives. It may be a while before we start thinking about airport crowds and sitting elbow-to-elbow in during eight-hour flights again.
It’s obvious that visiting one another with masks, social distancing, and other precautions will continue well into 2021 or longer. Pods of people will likely continue to grow but keeping them relatively small makes sense for now. The larger they become, the more likely one infected person can threaten the safety of the all. And that person may never show any signs or even know that he or she is or is a carrier.
Yes, some of us currently carry the virus but show no symptoms. Others believe they are invincible and that taking precautionary measures is not necessary. Generally, you can assume these people don’t think beyond their own desires muchless give serious thought to the possibility of carrying the virus and gifting it to others.
Scientists still know relatively little about Covid-19 and its long-term effects upon the future of societies worldwide. We listen to the pundits day after day. All they can do is update us on the latest news, scientific studies, medical results, varying prognoses and speculate. There is nothing in history to reference.
Still, we don’t have to put our lives entirely on hold. What we can do is examine the ways we think about and expand our activities as revelations and confirmed scientific results materialize. We humans are very innovative, especially in this country. There is little, if nothing, we can’t do safely with our determination, research and innovation.
So, let’s start with what we know about travel today and grow the options as more facts materialize and are validated. More than ever, we must think beyond our individual selves. We don‘t want to become infected nor do we want to knowingly or unknowingly infect others. Like it or not, “We’re all in this together….worldwide.”
So where do we begin? Stay tuned….
