Any one else afraid to travel right now ?

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

Only a matter of time, there are plenty of examples of how mortality rates go through the roof when health care systems are overwhelmed. The 2018 case mortality rate for influenza in the US was 0.135%. Right now the rate for Covid 19 is 5.7%. 42 times higher.
They are also finding this virus is affecting other organs. Stroke rates for people in their 30's and 40's are up and post mortems are finding many of the victims had asymtomatic Covid 19. There is just an incredible amount we don'd know about this virus.

Here is what scientists have to say about CV:

Severe illness caused by viruses such as H5N1 also means that infected people can be identified and isolated, or that they died quickly. They do not walk around feeling just a little under the weather, seeding the virus. The new coronavirus (known technically as SARS-CoV-2) that has been spreading around the world can cause a respiratory illness that can be severe. The disease (known as COVID-19) seems to have a fatality rate of less than 2 percent—exponentially lower than most outbreaks that make global news.
The virus has raised alarm not despite that low fatality rate, but because of it.

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OP, I would be out of here right now but my job says I need to serve the public. And I have to go to work everyday to do just that; serve the public.

What difference does it make if I'm exposed serving the public or on vacation? Personally I would want to be on vacation.

Look a the states that have no lock down orders. Their infection rates are no higher than the ones that do have orders. In many cases lower.

I just hope diesel is still 2 bucks a gallon when I can go in Sept.

H5N1 isn't even remotely comparable to Covid 19

Almost all cases of H5N1 infection in people have been associated with close contact with infected live or dead birds, or H5N1-contaminated environments. The virus does not infect humans easily, and spread from person to person appears to be unusual.

Covid 19 is highly contagious between humans and right now the case mortality rate in the US is 5.7% so be careful out there and don't give it to anyone else in your travels.