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| Above, the Ohio River near Fort Massac, Illinois. Photo b Armand Vaquer, |
Is traveling safe during a pandemic?
That is the million-dollar-question. But it gets answered in an article in The Spectator, the student newspaper from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
The article does have some common sense tips on avoiding contracting coronavirus.
It begins with:
Over this past winter break, I had no plans. My plan of no plans changed when my parents decided to drive our motorhome across the country to Florida.
It was a welcomed change of plans.
Before we left, I was nervous to leave Wisconsin with the COVID-19 pandemic still raging on, but my nerves were alleviated quickly as soon as we got going. In fact, by the end of the trip, I had determined that traveling is probably safer now than it ever has been.
My family and I took every precaution and planned the trip so that we would encounter the least amount of people possible to limit our chances of getting sick. We succeeded, and I don’t think I got within three feet of anybody outside of my household the entire three weeks we were there.
To read more, go here.
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