My worry about flying this time of year should be that there will be snow on the mountain passes making travel difficult and potentially causing me to miss my flight.

What actually worries me is that I'm going to catch COVID, the bubonic plague, or some other infectious disease when crammed in a metal tube flying across the country. Because wayyyyy too many people do not give a fuck about preventing diseases or caring for others in society.

I wonder how many people on this flight are going to be infectious with measles, since that's what's going on here now, thanks to the anti-vax movement?

"Surviving vacation" is something which has an entirely new meaning in 2025.