Going back to other countries are still on risk.

Many OFWs were stranded here in the Philippines since the COVID started. Some of them have no work already and some were scared to go back. Well, it is really scary even you think you follow the rules you have no idea if one of the passengers was having it.

Going back to other countries are still on risk.
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Many OFWs were stranded here in the Philippines since the COVID started. Some of them have no work already and some were scared to go back. Well, it is really scary even you think you follow the rules you have no idea if one of the passengers was having it. Airplanes were sanitized and follow all the government rules. Proper social distancing, all passengers and cabin crew have masks, and there is alcohol everywhere. So you will surely be sanitized but that is not the case. They are still scared to fly to other countries but some flew and risk their life so they can still support their families. Here’s an interview of CNN to Chris Trinh why he would not want to fly back and what is stopping him.

For Chris Trinh, a 41-year-old father of four based in Minnesota, the decision to stay off airplanes is partly because of his kids -- his youngest child is only 10 months old and he says he'd be worried about her crawling on the aisle.

It's also, he says because he feels that no matter how careful he is, he can't guarantee others will be similarly conscientious.

"It's hard to trust other people," he tells CNN.

Trinh's wife is Japanese, and the family usually spends extended vacations in Japan over the summer months. This is the first year they'll be staying in the United States.

"The risk is just too high, and we just don't want to travel," he explains.

Trinh and his family aren't alone. Retired CVS Health engineering manager Vincent Marseglia, 70, is also avoiding flying.

"You're going to be near people, even if they leave the middle seats open," Marseglia tells CNN, speaking from his home in Rhode Island.

"There's no way I'm going to get on a plane. Even before that, you have the crowds at the airports going through security, so you're just exposing yourself."

Wisconsin-based Dean Calin, 60, who's worked in the commercial aircraft industry for more than three decades, has similar trepidations.

Calin says his extensive aviation knowledge makes him more, rather than less, cautious about flying in the age of coronavirus.

"Even though airlines are taking steps to clean the interiors and the air is filtered thoroughly as a process of the air conditioning system, all of that can't counteract the potential contamination that passengers will bring every time the plane is loaded," Calin tells CNN.

"I just don't think that, without a vaccine, there's any safe way to travel yet."

We have different perceptions in life but for me now it is better to stay where your family is. You still need to weigh things out. It is a risky decision but it is up to you.