The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week advised that fully vaccinated Americans should not get on cruise ships. And the airlines continue to cancel hundreds of flights a day because of pandemic-related staffing shortages.
This is not the column to kick off travel in 2022 that I wanted to write or that I thought I would be writing. Last January, during those darkest days of COVID, I think I had more optimism. Vaccines were being rolled out and a new occupant in the White House promised a more aggressive approach to the pandemic.
Last year was the first year in two decades that I didn’t step foot on Sanibel, where my parents retired in 2000. For more than 20 years, the island has been a refuge for me, that rare place where I can fully relax, clear my mind and consume copious amounts of shrimp. But none other than Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the president, has said that fully vaccinated Americans should feel safe traveling this holiday season.
My mom, at 81, is obviously more vulnerable. But she’s not going to be left behind – we’re gathering on Sanibel in large part because of her .
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