Spare some empathy and put yourself behind the masks of those who’ll probably be asked to strap themselves into their seats tomorrow by men and women who resemble astronauts.
It's a fair guess that they have little choice but to fly, for whatever reason. Most aboard the aircraft would also be aware that some states—such as Maharashtra and Karnataka—still do not deem it safe; or safe enough.
If they’ve had an occasion to sit down in any other public place, of late, they would have noticed the adjoining seat barred with a big X.
In waiting rooms, city buses, airport terminals, you name it, this has been the corona norm for weeks now. Not so in aeroplanes, apparently.