SARS-CoV-2: Should the Middle Seat Stay Empty?

Put a table between the seats.

When this virus isn’t as much of a concern, this is something I’d like to see remain. Travel has the opportunity to return to being a luxurious thing again for all.

Maybe. But are passengers willing to pay more money for it?? Airlines operate on a profit basis. Empty seats cut into that profit. Trump Americans would clearly rather get Covid-19 than pay even one cent more to be protected from it. Some 70,000,000 Americans who voted for Trump and the Republicans think Covid-19 is a hoax. So the safety seat is going to disappear.