Originally Posted by
chipmaster
Got to be of strange mind to take a tourist international trip currently. By tourist I mean not visiting family/friends but going to really be a tourist in a new place.
Though the actual risk for getting ill and at worst dying is low for many age groups as a whole the restrictions, the impact to the fun touristy stuff will make any trip questionable IMHO.
I'd want to go to Europe to see the historical sights Museums, Churches, historical monuments etc. etc. the interesting food etc. Nothing I hear now makes me believe they will be any state that would make me risk the money to fly there and be suprised
Coronavirus is highly contagious so the odds of getting sick aren't necessarily low. And absolutely none of the re-opening proposals address this basic scenario:
"What happens if I take a trip to [wherever], and on Day 5 I feel sick, go to a doctor, and find out I have Coronavirus? Not even a severe case, but one where I'll need to stay quarantined in a room for two weeks. Nearly all travel insurance excludes COVID-19 coverage, so who's paying for the extra two weeks in a hotel during peak season?"