Why Travelers Should Get The Vaccine

Above, yours truly on a cruise to Key West and Havana. Photo by Mitch Geriminsky.

Since I am in a hotspot county in New Mexico and high-risk senior over 65, I registered and received the two vaccination shots of the Pfizer vaccine. So if I do any traveling this year, and I plan to do so, I am (hopefully) protected.

On vaccinations and travel, TravelPulse has an article on why one should get the vaccine. If one is going to be around a lot of strangers, especially when flying or on cruise (well-known hotbeds for bugs anyway), getting vaccinated is the smart thing to do.

It begins with:

Although the travel industry adjusted during the pandemic to allow travel to continue with COVID-19 testing measures, I decided to limit my travel last year to one solo road trip. For a travel writer, one trip in a year isn’t typical but I wanted to do everything that I could to keep myself and others safe.

But things are changing. The vaccine is now available, it's increasing travel bookings, and I’m excited to say that I’m going to get my first shot of the vaccine today.

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats.

The benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine to our day-to-day lives are apparent. It can prevent you from contracting the virus, can protect those around you, and can lower the spread of COVID-19. Those three reasons are enough to convince me to get the vaccine, but maybe you need a few more.

Not only will the COVID-19 vaccine make traveling much easier for you, but it's also the responsible thing to do.

To see that the additional reasons are, go here.