Flying safe with 8 mo. old?

We had plans to fly across the country to visit our family and friends and introduce our LO this summer. We know some models are predicting that COVID will spike again this fall, so we are anxious to visit now, but are not really confident that it's safe to fly. We don't want our judgement to be clouded by how much we miss family and want them to meet our LO; his safety comes first--what would you do?