My first inclination was to say we’re not paranoid about the island as much as the process of getting there. As others have mentioned, it’s not always an easy or safe process. We’re hopeful we’ll make it this month, but we’re watching the flights just in case they fill up beyond our comfort.

It’s not just the process, though. It’s the idea of getting sick and quarantined away from home. Or even just testing positive on arrival to the French side regardless of symptoms and not knowing what happens next.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve emailed the tourism office and Prefet for some clarifications, and I either didn’t get a response or was told something that conflicts with other posted information. It makes me nervous to not know what I’m really going into. Ideally, nothing will happen and it won’t matter. But there’s a chance it will matter. That makes me very reluctant to travel at times.