I'm not sure if I should visit my family in FL/GA. I'm sure I'd be fine, but I don't want to get my dad sick or something. I know the odds are against it, but the "what if" aspect keeps me sitting on the fence.
I am 63. My folks are 86 and 87, and in good health. I canceled my mid-April flight to Tucson. They went from wanting to see me to wanting to cut back on visitors, especially visitors who would be overnight at their residence after flying on connecting flights with 300 other passengers. I was going to wear surgical masks before masks were being commonly worn.
The idea of flying on a plane is troubling me, but if a face shield
and face mask are worn, and you are tested before you fly, you mostly eliminate yourself as having the virus, and eliminate nearly every conceivable mode of transmission, especially if your mask is an N95 mask. But the combination of surgical mask and face shield would be very protective.
I am thinking about visiting my folks when my daughter starts her internship in Tucson in January, while considering how to protect everyone.
Not every Republican eschews recommendations. I talked to my brother a few days ago, and he was just livid about the lack of mask adherents in Tucson. He said it was about 25%, with cases spiking. He buys the groceries for my parents and he is getting curbside pickup without going into stores. But then he works with the public, too. He said the Mayor was imposing a mandatory mask policy, but I read tonight that the Pinal County Sheriff will not enforce it.