Millions of Travelers Have Flown in the Last 10 Days

According to data from the Transportation Security Administration traveling is on the rise. More than a million passengers have traveled through U.S. airports daily for at least the last 10 days in a row. On Friday, the country saw more than 1.4 million passengers in airports nationwide. This comes as experts are still asking state leaders to stand firm and not lift their Covid-19 restrictions yet. On the other hand, at least a dozen governors have eased their restrictions this month and cases across the U.S. are no longer seeing the steep declines recorded earlier in the year.
As mentioned earlier, some travelers are heading to popular spring break destinations like Florida which has reported the highest number of cases of the B.1.1.7 variant so far. According to data from the CDC, experts believe the variant is highly contagious and potentially more deadly than the original virus. The CDC still recommends Americans delay travel and earlier this month director Dr. Raquel Walensky warned that every time travel escalates, a spike in infections tends to follow.