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How to travel without fear

Ignore the headlines. Here's what really matters.

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Christopher Elliott
May 29, 2022
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OK, despite everything you've read, you're not getting monkeypox on your next trip. 

COVID? Maybe. Stuck at the airport? Possibly. 

Happy you finally went somewhere? Almost definitely. 

I don't want to call this the Summer of Fear. But when I heard about the monkeypox outbreak and read headlines like, "Monkeypox can be contained if we act now, WHO says," I…

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