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With California reporting a new daily high for new COVID-19 cases, 4,515 new cases on Sunday, the continual concern for virus spread should still be at the top of everyone’s priority list. Over just the last two weeks The United States has seen a 15% case increase. Typical travel destinations in the southeast and on the west coast seem to be the most dramatically affected. The work we have all put in to “flatten the curve” may all be for naught if we, as a nation, continue to jump back to the norm too early. Hospitals are feeling the effects of the dramatic spike in cases already. The White House is making efforts to concentrate on stocking up supplies to combat a potential COVID-19 case rise this coming Fall as lower temperatures may increase the spread.

With the world being consumed for all of 2020 thus far with coronavirus headlines, we are all familiar with the risks due to exposure and transmission of COVID-19.  One of the pieces of information cycling around COVID-19 is the incubation period being up to 14 days, with a median of about 5 days.  This timeline seems to link up with the Memorial Day festivities many families and friends had planned.  After all, we were all yearning for a chance to get out and enjoy our favorite travel destinations and break the monotony of everyday life that has engrained social distancing at such a high level.