UPDATE on Travel during Covid19
I had an opportunity that I couldn't pass on so I booked a plane ticket from the largest airport in the country located in the southeastern US with my destination being a Northern Mid Atlantic State that is deeply socialist in nature! OH SHIT!
So I arrive the big airport a few hours before my flight and traffic is nothing like it used to be the last time I flew. Parked my truck with no problem and headed into the airport which appeared to be semi deserted. Normal construction going on but no workers which I found to be odd.
I don't have a mask, so I wore a synthetic neck gaiter that I usually use for a mask when mowing or working outside on a hot day.
Walking through the airport was surreal with most people wearing masks...and a lot of them wearing the mask under their nose or on their chin.
I show my passport at security, almost no one in security line so it takes me about 3 minutes...then I take my normal 4th amendment sexual violation pat down like the rest of us sheeple who have surgical metal implanted in our joints and was off to the gate to wait...At this point I have yet to deploy the synthetic neck gaiter as a face mask. No one says anything to me but I was prepared.
IF some democrat had tried to shame me into wearing a mask, my prepared response was; My Body, My Choice! (Which I thought was brilliant but alas, I did not have an opportunity to respond in such!)
While at the gates I took some mental notes regarding demographics of passerby's and their masks at both airports;
Approx 95% of people had a mask on or hanging near their face. A few people had no sign of a mask.
99% of Black Females were wearing their masks, most incorrectly and most had designer style masks.
Approx 90% of Black Males had masks but most wearing the mask around their neck.
Every Asian looking person had a mask on and wearing it correctly and most masks were surgical style masks, not designer masks.
Most white men 40-60 yrs old had masks around their neck and maybe half were wearing them correctly. Bandanas and Neck Gaiters were predominant in this group which I am included.
Young people mostly had designer style masks.
Almost all people who appeared 65 and older had masks and wore them correctly.
Nobody sat near anybody else, and the airports seemed quieter and much less stress. Only a few take out style restaurants were open.
The airlines required all passengers to wear their masks and handed out a shrink-wrapped package containing a small bottle of water, pack of crackers and a purell wetnapkin. They only sold every other seat so the plane was about 50% capacity. Loved it! More shoulder room and less stress!
Overall, I enjoyed the stress free style of air travel vs the old hustle bustle with too many fat ass people getting in your grill.
I hope this Chicom flu scare changes the airline industry.