Can us seniors ever travel again with covid-19

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martysr

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no covid-19 vacine for a 1.5 yrs. so as a result so does that mean us seniors cannot travel, must stay in house. I love to cruise and just cancelled my european cruse and will be 69 yrs old.and getting older. so does that me we can not ever travel plane or cruise ship until vacine made. I think all us seniors will get it, but just hope to survive as have asthma, but under control
 

I don't love travel but BF does. He goes everywhere alone and I don't mind. For myself, I would rather not catch this. It can be deadly or disabling for our age group. In an effort to contain the spread of this virus, quitting travel for the present time would seem to be the prudent thing for seniors to do. Do we want to end up like Italy? That could be the alternative if we don't work together to halt the spread of this virus.

I do think eventually, seniors will be able to travel safely again. This isn't forever. It's just for right now.
 
Cancelled our April trip to the Dominican Republic, will almost certainly also cancel our east coast and Seattle trips that are scheduled for this summer.

As @chic said so well, seniors will be able to travel again. This isn't forever, it's just for right now.
 
I'm in a quandary right now. I'm due to fly to Seattle in two weeks. Besides the danger of sitting in a germ-filled cigar tube for hours, there's the destination......seattle is prime for the virus. The trial may be postponed.....again.....but then I have another eye surgery coming up again and can't fly for 2 months after. My poor brother-in-law may have to face this without me
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Travel is going to remain "risky" for the foreseeable future.....until a vaccine, or cure for this virus is developed....and That could be many months from now. There are probably thousands of people carrying this virus, and going about their daily routines, with no symptoms....yet. Coming into close contact with such an individual, especially if you are older, or have any other illnesses, greatly increases the odds that you will become a "statistic". Personally, I plan to limit my contact with others....especially crowds...until this thing is resolved.
 
I have an apptmt. with the Vet. this week. I must go because doggy has to have her problem alleviated. Must take a cab. Thinking of wearing my gloves there. I don't have a mask. Not going to put a pair of panties on my head! In my strict city I'd probably get a ticket if I did :ROFLMAO: ;) 😒
 
I used to love traveling but I can't imagine myself stuck in a plane with 250 silly looking tourists looking at smartphones with their faces covered by masks. Don't want to be with 5,000 other tourists on a floating city. Car trips for me in the future. "Give me land, lots of land, neath the starry skies above, don't fence me in".
 
I received a letter from United Airlines and some of what was written in the letter may also have been reported. They have proactively started a program to disinfect the interior of all planes that sit at the gate overnight at all airports. They also will be checking, testing and if necessary replacing their cabin HEPA filters. Just testing the filters is a big plus for me.

I am glad that my former employer realizes the importance of taking these precautions.
 
jujube said:
I'm in a quandary right now. I'm due to fly to Seattle in two weeks. Besides the danger of sitting in a germ-filled cigar tube for hours, there's the destination......seattle is prime for the virus. The trial may be postponed.....again.....but then I have another eye surgery coming up again and can't fly for 2 months after. My poor brother-in-law may have to face this without me
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Were I you, I would most certainly cancel that trip. Consider that you might bring the virus back home with you and infect those around you.
 
Ruthanne said:
I have an apptmt. with the Vet. this week. I must go because doggy has to have her problem alleviated. Must take a cab. Thinking of wearing my gloves there. I don't have a mask. Not going to put a pair of panties on my head! In my strict city I'd probably get a ticket if I did :ROFLMAO: ;) 😒
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I'm guessing when you walk your dog you take those small plastic bags to scoop up the poop.

Tip those work great to slip on your hand to pump gas. Putting in the required info on the key pad, using the pump handle the simply shaking the bag off your hand in the trash when done pumping. Since buying gas isn't an everyday thing the cost is cheap vs. the potential of the virus being on the keypad or pump handle.
 
Who makes the call "All Clear!" for the population to try to resume normal activities? Will you trust them to the letter or will you continue to proceed with caution?
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Fmdog, I doubt that there will ever be an official "All clear." Who is to say that there are no more viruses lurking wherever they luck? I guess all we can do is go by the numbers. When they get low enough, we will feel reasonably safe traveling. (Although by then, there could be another virus!)

How low is low enough? Who knows? Probably we each have to set our own standards on this.

And of course, there will probably be a vaccine, if we all live long enough.
 

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