CTV National News' London Bureau Chief Paul Workman writes about travelling through Europe during the coronavirus pandemic on CTVNews.ca.
Tourists wearing face masks inspect timetable at the international airport in Split, Croatia, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Peace, pot, and flowers in your hair. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin. That would be 1967. A hundred thousand hippies descending on San Francisco. Make love, not war.Huge protests across America. Brutal police crackdowns. Thousands dying every day around the globe. Whole countries slowly coming out of virus lockdown. A mass of humanity wearing surgical masks.
Three days of driving. Borders to cross. COVID bag at the ready, stuffed with bottles of hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, disinfectant sprays, boxes of latex gloves, and a bundle of surgical masks.Raise your hands those who hate using the lavatories in those grim roadside service-centers. I mean, hold your breath and get out quickly. And don’t touch anything.Some countries, Austria and Slovenia, put U.K.-based travellers on a 14-day quarantine list.
Croatia opened its doors to tourism, and within weeks the number of COVID cases jumped dramatically. Look around, and the same thing is happening across Europe. Remember when the World Health Organization said wearing face masks wasn’t really necessary, or all that helpful.
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