The dynamics and mental aspects of this have certainly changed in 2.5 years. Locally, the only place I see masks now are at anything medical, like doctor's offices and at chorus rehearsals. We also have been square dancing for some months again, mostly without masks. A few people report being COVID+, but it doesn't make people crazy anymore, and typically symptoms go from nothing to light sniffles to flu-like, sometimes with extended periods of tiredness long after.

He could have gotten it on the planes or at the dance event itself. Hard to tell anymore.