To the people that say travel is reckless and selfish, irresponsible ect.... do you go out to dinner, do you go to the grocery store, the bank, your family members home? Serious question
Dinner: No
Grocery: No
Bank: Twice for quarters for apartment laundry
Visit: No
I've been shore diving three times socially distanced since March. That is about the sum total of my excursions past the curb to take out the trash. Lately, I've put local diving on hold as people are joking about staying off step ladders around here as hospitals are slammed to the limit.
I'm lucky enough to study/work from home. I am not high risk. But I do not need to get sick nor add to the community asymptomatic transmission rate. When I go out, do the laundry, or to the mailbox, I have on a face shield and a P100 respirator from Granger with added exhale filter. I have an existing HEPA air filter running in my solo apartment. Possibly overkill, except there
are people being stupid. This protects me from them, and them from me or others through me.
Lots to do at home. I do have a wall of windows with a sunny view beside my desk. There is time for socializing when this is over.
If you want to support dive destinations, bars, restaurants, send money and eat at home for a fraction of the cost. If you want to support workers in health care, factories, grocery stores, infrastructure, police and fire: wear an
effective mask and physically distance to destroy the community spread.
We are in a
pandemic. With a P100 mask and eye goggles, I think air travel would be safe enough if I
had to. But I have
no need to.