Gel Bound

I haven't travelled by air since February last year. 

I am presuming that the rules regarding gels and liquids in hand luggage have not since been relaxed owing to the pandemic. 

This strikes me as a little absurd. On a regional flight in Central America, one is surely in greater danger right now of contracting or passing on covid than one is of being the victim of a mid-air IED made from anti-bacterial alcohol gel. 

I for one would feel a bit more comfortable about returning to the skies in 2021, especially on long haul routes, if I were able to gel up at my own convenience once the cabin doors are shut.