And potentially spreading Covid to how many people on this trip. Opening up does not mean safer. Its way more dangerous now than when the pandemic started. it was just arriving and spreading. Now its fully here everywhere. With zero vaccine. google spanish flu. the first wave was relatively small compared to the second wave. Thats when most of t he people died.
Why did they die? Country opened back up because of protesters arguing about quarantine and masks.
what happened next was a literal horror show.
History repeats itself.
Travelling across state lines back and forth gives you the chance to infect people and loved ones in multiple states.
oh yea....i get it...you didnt want to hear any of that but I have relatives over there and I dont want them dying.
I am all for flattening the curve by washing hands, coughing into my elbow, and even teleworking, which I’ve been doing for 6 weeks. But I personally am not willing to stay in my house under the equivalent of house arrest for two years, out of fear of a virus that spares young people, causes mild symptoms in the majority of people infected, and has a 99.4 percent survival rate. This is not the Spanish flu.
I also think it’s way too late to worry about people crossing state lines or even international boundaries. As you say, the virus is in all 50 states, and it doesn’t care about state lines. In that sense, it makes no difference whether I go hike in a local park or drive down to FL.
The idea was to flatten the curve on the way to acquiring herd immunity, so as to avoid hospitals from being overrun. The idea was never that the country/world would stay in a lockdown for 18-24 months and keep everyone “safe” from a contagious virus. Hospitals are operating way under capacity just about everywhere except the NYC area. So arguably the lockdown has been excessively stringent, because herd immunity is being developed very slowly. And with unemployment reaching Great Depression levels, it’s time to get people working again — including in the dive industry.
The only question now that the country is reopening is whether we choose to spend time outside our home or not. I love diving, and diving in the DC area is not an option (other than at the National Aquarium, which remains closed). I can reach NC and FL by car. If the law says I can go, and dive charters are running again, and I have a place to stay, then personally I choose to go.
