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> Are the arrows going to prevent you from walking through someone else's exhaled air? In most aisles, it's almost impossible to maintain your distance from ot
by downerending 6y ago
> Are the arrows going to prevent you from walking through someone else's exhaled air?
In most aisles, it's almost impossible to maintain your distance from others if people are traveling in both directions, since you're frequently passing closely. If everyone makes a one-way "circuit" around the store, you can maintain pretty large distances.
- steffan 6y agoI think the point stands - the standard 6' / 1.5m guidelines are completely arbitrary and it's likely that droplets remain suspended for some period of time, so regardless of direction, you're certain to encounter potential infectious agents if you're in an aisle within 15-30+ minutes of someone contagious passing through.
- downerending 6y agoYeah, I was merely responding to the naive "why are there arrows?" part of that. The true story is more complex and probably mostly unknown at this point. That said, at this point, I'll take the arrows and my six feet, for starters. When I'm in a store, which I've done once in the last six weeks...