Over the past couple of days, news outlets have been reporting that California and Washington state are showing early signs of progress due to early shelter-in-place measures. The two states were the first to implement social distancing measures, and localities have been cracking down on enforcing these regulations. I flew back home to California for spring break, and ended up getting locked down here when shelter-in-place was ordered. Everything, from the flight to SFO to the line at Costco, has felt like something out of an apocalyptic movie, starring me.
I’ve flown the EWR to SFO route dozens of times, and everytime without fail, the flight is overbooked and looking for volunteers to take another flight.…