Two things with COVID-19: conspiracy theories are still a problem, why? It’s one of human ways of coping, playing the scapegoat blame game and making up a reason that feels more controllable.
20200508/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/what-are-we-doing-doctors-are-fed-conspiracies-ravaging-ers-n1201446?utm_source=pocket-newtab
States are reopening, though that means they’re loosening restrictions, that doesn’t mean it’s any safer. The hope is that people will sufficiently self-regulate, else we’d be in for a really big outbreak problem.
How is it like flying in the midst of this pandemic? “Post-apocalyptic” is the word one reporter describes it with. It will be a long time until people can enjoy social outings like baseball games again. Governments can’t just declare a reopening, citizens need to see trust in other people rather than immediately suspecting every person as a potential virus carrier. And that’s going to take a long time in this journalists’ opinion based off of his experience of flying.
20200508/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/is-flying-safe-coronavirus/611335/