I am an Essential Worker: And America Is Not Ready to Reopen

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The other day I was in my living room looking through my window and I saw a plane rising into the sky for the first time in over a month. Since the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdowns, air travel has gone down significantly. But as the days and months have passed, and protests from unsettled Americans rises, the country is opening back up-even though there has been no significant testing.