It is happening right before our eyes--the country is reopening.
Finally!
I can tell because the morning and afternoon traffic jams are becoming routine again on I-95 and Route 100. What took 10 minutes to travel just a short two months ago at 4:30 PM now takes 20 minutes.
As I wrote yesterday, Chris and I enjoyed dinner at a restaurant where no one was facially covered and there was no requirement to wear a facial covering to enter.
People are getting vaccinated and that shows a definite impact because the infection rates are dropping--just as predicted.
Outstanding questions:
When I will actually attend a movie in a theater?
Will I feel safe on a cruise?
When will the mask mandate be dropped in airports and aircraft?
Can I trust people to be honest about their vaccination status?
When will I attend a concert in a building? (I am going to an outdoor concert Friday night)
When will I play racquetball on an indoors court?
When will wineries reopen for tastings like they were before Covid?
When will Southwest Airlines begin serving more than four Beverages on a flight? (They don't even serve coffee)
When will Orioles Park have a full-capacity sellout?
At least the reopening is coming and happening. It has been a very long almost year-and-a-half.
-- Bob Doan, Elkridge, MD