![]() I should have known better and read the obvious signs: namely, being welcomed aboard by masked staff. I was on assignment in Antarctica on a 100-passenger cruise ship, and although cruises were considered a hotbed for the coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic, almost two years later, any fear of catching the virus had faded from my mind. I found myself in the throes of such a predicament right before the holidays. If you travel, even infrequently, and haven’t yet grappled with this question, chances are you will. But does that mean we should be flying if we’re infected? ![]() On January 30, President Biden announced that, as of May 11, the administration would officially shift away from treating COVID as a national public-health crisis and instead begin to manage it more like the flu or other seasonal respiratory disease. Most Americans are tired of dealing with pandemic rules and regulations-including the government. As much as I want to be a conscientious traveler, why should I pay another thousand bucks to stay in a hotel and quarantine for five days when nobody else appears to be doing that? -Weary of the Pandemic It seems like everyone is coughing and sneezing on planes these days, and folks are opting to fly anyway. I’m about to go on spring break, and if I test positive for COVID before flying home, I can’t afford to isolate for five days in a place or miss extra work.
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