Back to the Before Times? [MicroBusiness]

I recently returned from a long international trip, including nine flights, a couple buses, and several taxis. I wore a face mask for the first leg of the trip. I was just getting over a cold and was worried that I might still be contagious. I also didn’t want to risk catching COVID at the beginning of a long trip. I encountered very few others wearing masks—less than 5% of air travelers and only an occasional crew member. A minority of airport workers wore masks, and many of them wore the masks too low on their faces to serve any useful function. I took all of this as a sign that we aren’t concerned with catching COVID anymore. In my travels prior to the onset of the pandemic, I would occasionally see people wearing masks, far fewer than today. So, perhaps we aren’t quite back to our behaviors before the pandemic, but we are trending that way.