The CDC classifies the United States as having "widespread ongoing transmission" of the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 disease. This is the highest "Country Transmission Level" that CDC lists. In fact, everywhere in the world is currently listed this way by the CDC. That's why it's classified as a pandemic ("prevalent over a whole country or the world.") The only distinction made on the CDC's global map is whether travelers to/from those countries will face "restrictions on entry to the United States."

Again, the choice is yours, but the best information available says travel for 'pleasure' is simply unwise at this point. Especially when you consider that you do not know where or when there will be a flair-up along your roughly 1,600 mile route to Moab, the multi-week incubation period, and the fact that there ARE asymptomatic carriers of the disease. Also note that, if you plan to eat at ANY restaurant, or buy any meat that has been processed in the last couple of weeks, that the rash of coronavirus outbreaks at dozens of meat packing plants across the nation is far more extensive than previously thought, according to a review of cases by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, and that more than 150 of America’s largest meat processing plants operate in counties where the rate of coronavirus infection is already among the nation’s highest.

If you have any of the risk factors for developing a more serious illness if exposed, including age, obesity, asthma, HIV, compromised cardiopulmonary function, etc you should weigh your own risk as much greater than average. Also note that if you get sick in Moab, Moab Regional Hospital has only 17 beds and is a Level IV trauma center. Such centers are ranked from I (1: highest level of care) to V (5: lowest ranking on the scale).

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