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> the response to COVID is very 'political'. I see people on walks in a suburban neighborhood wearing masks. Even if you can't keep 6 feet of distance, the lik
by worker767424 6y ago
> the response to COVID is very 'political'.
I see people on walks in a suburban neighborhood wearing masks. Even if you can't keep 6 feet of distance, the likelihood of contracting it from 3 seconds of outdoor exposure is negligible. CDC guidelines for when someone is exposed are closer than 6 feet for 15 minutes. Clearly people are wearing masks in some situations to make a point, not to make a difference.
- detaro 6y agoOr they do it because they think/feel it's making a difference. Or they want to avoid other people thinking they are making a point of not wearing one. Or it's just the routine they've gotten into. Or if they're not just on a walk they wear it because they find fiddling with it when they get somewhere they need it more annoying. When I see someone on a random street wearing/not wearing a mask my first thought definitively is not "oh, they are trying to make a point"