Estonian author watches vaccination numbers, borders

MARY GALES ASKREN

Staff Reporter, Madison Daily Leader, Jun 25, 2021

The hint was subtle. More Asian passengers were wearing masks on a return flight from a work meeting in January 2020, but Sirje Kiin wasn’t alarmed. Wearing masks is part of the culture in many Asian countries.

Shortly after she returned to Madison, though, the pattern of her life changed.

“After I came home, the pandemic broke out and the borders closed,” she said.

Kiin, the wife of Dakota State University professor Jack Walters, is an Estonian author who serves on several boards in her home country and often speaks at conferences. For her, travel is an integral part of life.

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