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Travel during COVID (@HST643).

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Travel during COVID (@HST643).

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Description (Dublin Core)

This story is important because it shows just how long the COVID restrictions lasted, and also how responsible we chose to be after the pandemic. Hello everyone, my name is Lamario Thompson and I’m a first-year graduate student (and History major @HST643) here at Arizona State University @Arizona State University. When the travel restrictions were lifted for COVID, I didn’t travel, and only traveled for the first time during the summer of 2024. I took a flight from Albuquerque, NM to Shreveport, Louisiana from July 22, 2024, through July 26, 2024, however, by then COVID restrictions had been lifted such as six-foot distancing, mask wearing, and fist bumps rather than shaking hands. The only restriction that was still mandatory was getting the COVID booster, but that was primarily for my job as I work for University of New Mexico Hospital as a Patient Care Coordinator in which I come in close proximity to many patients (and staff) @unmhcovidboooster. I still wore a mask while in the airports and on the flights as I felt I could get exposed to anti-vaxxers who felt invincible against COVID. I flew from Albuquerque, NM to Houston, Tx, and then had a connecting flight to Shreveport, Louisiana. There weren’t any indications that there were any COVID restrictions at the airports or when I arrived in Louisiana. It’s interesting to note that when my folks traveled here to Albuquerque from Louisiana in June 2021, COVID restrictions like mask-wearing had literally been lifted a day before they arrived. However, less than 24 hours after their arrival here, the mask-wearing mandate had become mandatory again here in the entire state. The COVID restrictions really didn’t get lifted here at work until Spring 2023. I, however, kept wearing a mask and social distancing until Spring 2024 @covidprotocols. @Fall B Session 2024 @HistoryofTourism.
I traveled from Albuquerque, NM, to Shreveport, La.
during this period I finally felt safe enough to travel.
I had been skeptical about traveling in such a small, enclosed space as I felt that it could increase my chances of acquiring COVID.

Date (Dublin Core)

July 22, 2024 18:05:00 -02:00

Creator (Dublin Core)

Self

Contributor (Dublin Core)

LaMario M Thompson

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Biography
English Travel
English Aviation

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Louisiana
post-COVID
airport
mask
vaccine
COVID booster

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

travel
COVID
fear

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Tourism story for the COVID-19 Archive

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

10/30/2024

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

10/31/2024

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on October 30, 2024 by LaMario M Thompson using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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