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Stranger danger. If you're having lunch with someone, you probably know them well and trust them to have a sense of hygiene. Some random person who sneezes on
by kijin 6y ago
Stranger danger.
If you're having lunch with someone, you probably know them well and trust them to have a sense of hygiene. Some random person who sneezes on Line 9 during the morning rush, not so much. Or at least that's how people's minds appear to work.
This behavior seems to be sustainable only because the background rate of infection is so low. It really is vanishingly unlikely for anyone you come across in a coffee shop to have the virus, as most of the cases have occurred in relatively isolated groups like religious cults, prisons, and hospitals.
- strogonoff 6y agoGood point and new case distribution rings true based on what I heard. My exasperation mostly comes down to nonsensical norms/regulations where a person safely not wearing a mask outdoors to get fresh air has to fear being judged (or having police called on, I suppose) by the very people who semi-daily engage in active airborne fluid exchange with random strangers sharing the same cafe as their group of friends or coworkers. If I had a say in this, either the former has to be recognized as socially acceptable (2m distance and so on, of course), or the latter has to stop being tolerated. It almost physically pains me to see people getting outside to enjoy a clear day with great AQI, and everyone must be either wearing a mask or smoking. Oh, and the measure with the parks seems absolutely ridiculous. Never been one to hang out in a park, but seeing groups of friends virtually being ushered by signs from outdoors into a cafe to talk is bizarre. Good for the country on the testing effort and having things more or less under control, though.