Traveling When Vaccinated

Above, RV travel is considered the safest during the pandemic. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

In about two weeks, I will receive my second vaccination dose against COVID-19.

Despite vaccinations, "experts" (whomever they are) are saying that precautions are still needed while traveling.

The Washington Post published a new article on just this topic.

It begins with:

To date, at least 33.2 million people in the United States have received one or both doses of a coronavirus vaccine since the start of distribution in December. But health experts stress that the vaccine is not a get-out-of-pandemic-free card — for travelers or anyone else.

Because we don’t know the full scale of the spread of new coronavirus variants and still have unanswered questions about vaccines, Jessica Malaty Rivera, an epidemiologist with the COVID Tracking Project, said even vaccinated Americans need to remain vigilant about their public health mitigation efforts. To that end, she recommends that travel still be limited to essential trips.

For vaccinated people who do choose to travel, Rivera urges that they choose trips wisely and use mitigation strategies to protect themselves and others. While renting an RV and driving to the mountains might be safe, for example, she recommends avoiding high-risk activities such as flying, traveling to crowded places, and gathering with anyone outside of one’s household.

When I recently took a trip to Texas aboard Southwest Airlines, the planes were about half full with passengers spaced apart for social distancing.

A week later, when flying to and from Las Vegas for a friend's wedding, the American Airlines planes were totally filled up as in normal times. My thought at the time, "So much for social distancing!"

Which do you think was the responsible airline?

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