在Covid-19大流行期间旅行:处理“新常态”
by杰西卡·蒙特瓦哥/
Questions and concerns surrounding travel during the coronavirus pandemic have run the gamut from ‘Is it safe?’ to ‘How can people minimize their risk?’ While it’s clear people still want to travel after being on lockdown, many want to do so in a safe way.
这对旅游业来说是个好消息,这是Covid-19的最难打击。美国旅行协会公共事务和政策执行副总裁托里·艾默生·巴恩斯(Tori Emerson Barnes)在周二举行的媒体简报上与传染病协会举行,与旅行相关的工作损失已经过去800万,行业中有51%的工人失业。美国。
艾默生(Emerson)强调,通过戴口罩并促进其他健康惯例,例如限制人群,非接触式付款以及员工和客人的健康筛查,以安全有负责任的方式重新开放经济的重要性。
The U.S. Travel Association has collaborated with health leaders to establish consistent practices across the country, aligning with the Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) guidance.
Mask and social distancing requirements
The phased, layered approach focuses on barriers to encourage social distancing, and wearing a mask is “critical.” There’s also an emphasis social responsibility in order to get the public to comply.
艾默生说,另一个关键要素是全面测试。美国旅行协会正在游说《测试法》,该法案将现代化COVID测试措施,将包括在下一轮立法中。它还提倡更广泛的接触跟踪。
“让人们再次移动的最好方法是戴口罩。我们将继续推动这一点,尽管我们意识到它已经成为政治,但我们鼓励人们遵循CDC指南。”她说。“恢复取决于遵守这些政策的企业和旅行者。”
UT西南医学中心的传染病部门负责人Trish Perl博士说,这为“建立新的正常状态”提供了机会,就像9/11后一样,我们至今仍有新的安全努力。
Dr. Perl stressed mask wearing, screening, disinfection, and physical distance as key measures in order to keep travelers as safe as possible. Washing your hands or using hand sanitizer can reduce risk by 50%, while using a mask can reduce risk by 70%, she said.
她说,面具还将帮助防止流感,并将有助于防止许多其他事情,总体上将对公共卫生有益。
“If we choose operators that are putting this kind of safety practice forward, this is how it will become more expected.”
Precautions for those who are traveling
For those who do decide to travel, Dr. Perl said it’s important to make the best choices possible: don’t travel if you’re sick, drive instead of public transportation, and choose outdoor destinations.
“The risk associated with camping is extremely low, use common sense and think about avoiding crowds,” she recommended. “If you decide to [travel] there are ways it can be done to make it safer.”
When there is crowding, “the risk is going to go up significantly,” Dr. Perle said, for places like Walt Disney World, she said “you may not want to choose to do things where you are going to an area where there is crowding.”
If you are going to fly, take wipes to clean down surfaces, wear a mask and use hand hygiene – either washing hands with soap and water or using a sanitizer. She added that there has been data to support keeping that middle seat open will help limit spread.
“Ideally, yes we don’t want people to put themselves and others at risk, but we have to balance the realities of how do we do things safely,” Dr. Perle said, adding that she feels more comfortable with travel now than she did two or three months ago because of “how effective masks can be.”
“对我来说最大的挑战是让一个印度pendent country to say this is non-negotiable. If we want to move forward and open up, masks wearing is not negotiable.” She pointed to wearing seatbelts and banning indoor smoking as major public health changes that have taken place, all starting at a grassroots level.