Australia international travel ban: Where does this end?
Here's a question for you: where does this end? The travel restrictions, the lockdowns, the border closures, the separation of families and friends. Where does it end?
It's hard to know, in some ways, exactly what Australia is aiming for. What's the goal? What's the end point? What do we have to do or see to begin working our way towards a new normal that includes travel?
Or, is this the new normal? Because if it is, I don't like it.
Cast your eye, again, to Europe. Consider your friends and family members in places like the UK, Germany, Italy and France who are allowed to travel right now, today, who can fly and catch trains and cross borders and have holidays and see relatives with few restrictions placed on them.
Some might have to self-quarantine on return, depending on their destination, and some might not. Most will have to socially distance themselves from others. Plenty will have to wear masks and take other precautions. That looks like a tentative "new normal", a way to function as a society while attempting to manage a global pandemic.
