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Today marks ten months since I've boarded a flight. Yes, the last time I was in an airport or an aircraft was February 20. I was returning home from a business trip to Las Vegas. Ten months. This is the longest I've gone without flying in 25 years.
How much longer will I be grounded? I'm a bit reluctant to speculate because all my past predictions have proven to be too optimistic. For example, when lockdowns started in March I thought maybe we could all stay home for 3-4 weeks, flatten the curve, and make the virus a non-crisis. Nope!
Of course there are new facts on the table now. Distribution of Coronavirus vaccines has begun! Though two critical things remain unclear: a) how quickly the vaccines will reach general availability, and b) how effective they'll prove to be at the scale of billions of people, including in the real world where some alarmingly large portion of the population refuse vaccination because they are conspiracy theory-believing dipshits. It could be 3 more months, it could be 6, it could be longer.
How much longer will I be grounded? I'm a bit reluctant to speculate because all my past predictions have proven to be too optimistic. For example, when lockdowns started in March I thought maybe we could all stay home for 3-4 weeks, flatten the curve, and make the virus a non-crisis. Nope!
Of course there are new facts on the table now. Distribution of Coronavirus vaccines has begun! Though two critical things remain unclear: a) how quickly the vaccines will reach general availability, and b) how effective they'll prove to be at the scale of billions of people, including in the real world where some alarmingly large portion of the population refuse vaccination because they are conspiracy theory-believing dipshits. It could be 3 more months, it could be 6, it could be longer.
