i have said it before and i will say it again ad nauseum. The 'noone will fly' doomsday scenario is based in nothing other than the desire to overly sensationalize the situation. the second people can fly, they will.Some budget carriers will go bust and someone else will pick up that route weeks later. I was on the first flight from Toronto to cancun and it was a full flight. All the rest o the flights that week were full. people are looking for the first 'exit' to diving. I booked a November 2020 trip to Papua today.. Divers are a hybrid of engineers and gamblers, they won't sit waiting for global 'all clear' .......the fear of missing out is greater than the fear of infection.. i dove internationally in june...i'll dive in internationally in july and august...i'll socially distance, Covid is not a scam, but it's also not the deathknell of travel.
if it gets more expensive, divers will still pay, just as i always say about insurance and better operations/better paid DMs..
Hang in there diveops! we're a comin!
The 'none will fly' doomsday scenario is based in nothing other than the desire to overly sensationalize the situation. the second people can fly, they will.
I am one those people. My wife and I just got back from Key Largo Florida. We followed local laws about face coverings and allowing business employees to shoot us with an IR gun. We washed, sanitized, and maintained a 6 foot (2 m) physical distance from others (except on the dive boat). We all wore our face coverings on the dive boat; which was almost full everyday.
I would travel abroad, including Indonesia, if I did not fear getting stuck in a foreign country with crappy health care. The calculated IFR of around .04 for heathy and fit people under 60 is good enough reason for me. People who don't have a comorbidity or are not beyond fat, are not at much risk for death or acute symptoms.
I am contemplating a trip to one of the Carolinas to dive WW2 wrecks.
I hope I am not the anomaly; but I am willing to take that risk. I hope I already have immunity. If I get
any communicable disease, I will isolate, no matter where I am.
Life is a gamble. I am lucky to be alive. I am lucky to be 60 y.o. I have always done things that have a small amount of risk (even death) associated with the activity. Including work and diving. Why would I shutter myself in a house and wait for a vaccine that may never come. My comorbid family members and friends are seeing me through glass or electronically. Exercise, eat well, and stay outdoors as much as possible.
The U.S. is being hit with another wave (3rd or 4th by my figures). Countries that have successfully locked down and avoided SARS-Cov-2, will be hit with it later.
Pay mother nature now or pay her later. I hope the medical systems around the world can handle the ongoing waves. It aint over.
Hang in there diveops! we're a comin!
Hear, hear, and cheers,
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