Why are people not wearing masks?

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Anonymous wrote:To those of you attacking OP, enjoy your COVID.

I haven't gotten it, including six flights without a mask (got on and pretended to sleep) and eating out with friends once a week. The risk is overblown. Please see a therapist to deal with your hypochondria.

Wow! Talk about selfish!

Why? I don't have it.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a genuine question for the outdoor mask enthusiasts. Do you *actually* think that you’re going to get covid walking past someone on the sidewalk? Or more than 6 feet away in a park? Or from a runner? Or is this some kind of suffering olympics where you just think people who are willing to walk/run/bike in 90 degree heat with a mask on are just better people?

This is my question too.

I wear mask in public to signal to other people and my kids that I am not an oblivious idiot, that I respect the fact that we are in a middle of pandemic which literally means "prevalent everywhere", and that I am civil member of a society. Mask burden is not high. I also do not pick my nose nor do I produce noxious farts in public for the above mentioned reasons.

For you.

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Anonymous wrote:While visiting the Meadowlark Park near Wolftrap today I was quite annoyed a seeing people without masks. The majority of families were wearing masks - down to the littlest kid. I was appalled at a family (3 adults and 3 children), none of them wearing masks and congregating on one of the most visited gazebos at the park. They had all their belongings spread out on a very large bench and they were there for a long while. So inconsiderate! Many families take their children to that particular place because of the views (it is at the highest point) and because the kids can run down afterwards.

Many families are still quarantining - not socializing with other people but going out for a breather. We go to these parks to have a socially distanced time where the kids can run around. The park is large enough that it can be done. We just avoid the most frequented places.

I am trying to protect my family and I won't avoid these places because we can be away from people. What people need to realize is that this is a place for everyone. We are in a pandemic. If you choose to be selfish and not wear a mask, that is your choice. Just don't do it where many families want to take their children.

Seriously. And for those that want to say, "if you don't like it, stay home." How dare you? You then might be the problem. You can't expect things to improve if that is your attitude.

I wear masks indoors but not outdoors. I would wear them outdoors if social distancing was not possible. Based on your description, I think it’s fine that the family wasn’t wearing masks.

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Anonymous wrote:While visiting the Meadowlark Park near Wolftrap today I was quite annoyed a seeing people without masks. The majority of families were wearing masks - down to the littlest kid. I was appalled at a family (3 adults and 3 children), none of them wearing masks and congregating on one of the most visited gazebos at the park. They had all their belongings spread out on a very large bench and they were there for a long while. So inconsiderate! Many families take their children to that particular place because of the views (it is at the highest point) and because the kids can run down afterwards.

Many families are still quarantining - not socializing with other people but going out for a breather. We go to these parks to have a socially distanced time where the kids can run around. The park is large enough that it can be done. We just avoid the most frequented places.

I am trying to protect my family and I won't avoid these places because we can be away from people. What people need to realize is that this is a place for everyone. We are in a pandemic. If you choose to be selfish and not wear a mask, that is your choice. Just don't do it where many families want to take their children.

Seriously. And for those that want to say, "if you don't like it, stay home." How dare you? You then might be the problem. You can't expect things to improve if that is your attitude.

Stay home, honey. Don't expect others to adjust their lives because of your anxiety. How selfish can you get?!

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Not wearing a mask, in areas you are sharing with others in the community is just obnoxious and ignorant.

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Anonymous wrote:To those of you attacking OP, enjoy your COVID.

I haven't gotten it, including six flights without a mask (got on and pretended to sleep) and eating out with friends once a week. The risk is overblown. Please see a therapist to deal with your hypochondria.

Wow! Talk about selfish!

Why? I don't have it.

How often are you tested? How do you know you haven't had it at any time while flying?

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This is why I stay home or go to places that are pretty vacant. Too many Trump antimaskers in VA.

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Anonymous wrote:OP Meadowlark Gardens is outside, very spacious, and sprawling. A mask is totally unnecessary. There is plenty of space for YOU to move away from other people.

Bingo. In addition, the family in question was probably having a picnic. Not only is a mask unnecessary outside while distanced, but definitely not necessary when eating!

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Anonymous wrote:OP, wearing masks outside at Meadowlark Gardens is not an issue. In the visitors center, it is. They should not have allowed them in -- violation of county park policy,

This. If they truly didn't wear masks in the visitors center, that's an issue, and the garden management should have intervened. But outside, the gardens have plenty of space to physically distance, and unless you're getting close to someone, you don't need to be masked the entire time you're there. Visitors are also welcome to sit in places like the gazebos, including to picnic or just socialize; if they're not masked you just don't go there. I'm pretty hard core about mask wearing, but this isn't one of the situations where'd I'd get upset.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To those of you attacking OP, enjoy your COVID.

I haven't gotten it, including six flights without a mask (got on and pretended to sleep) and eating out with friends once a week. The risk is overblown. Please see a therapist to deal with your hypochondria.

Wow! Talk about selfish!

Why? I don't have it.

How often are you tested? How do you know you haven't had it at any time while flying?

1% of Americans have had it. Far fewer at any given point in time. Chill.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I stay home or go to places that are pretty vacant. Too many Trump antimaskers in VA.

Not wearing a mask has nothing to do with politics.

Less you're a leftist virtue signaler, that is.

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Slightly off-topic I do have a question. I’m seeing a lot of people in parks that are 6 feet away from one another, but there’s also probably 100 other people plus doing the same thing. I’m thinking of Logan Circle particularly. Would there be more concerned when there are lots of people in a small area not wearing masks? Technically most of the groups or couples or small families, so they don’t need to be distanced or masked together; but there are also large groups of people that look like they’ve met up for a picnic. Wouldn’t there kind of be a cloud of everybody’s exhalations over the park? there are so many groups of people doing this in the park on the weekends, 100 is definitely a very conservative number.

Does density matter even when distanced outside?

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Even if you can’t distance outside, if you are just briefly passing someone, there is no danger of “getting it”. I wish there were clarifications! It’s a very brief interaction.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you can’t distance outside, if you are just briefly passing someone, there is no danger of “getting it”. I wish there were clarifications! It’s a very brief interaction.

What if it’s not a brief fleeting interaction?

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you can’t distance outside, if you are just briefly passing someone, there is no danger of “getting it”. I wish there were clarifications! It’s a very brief interaction.

What if it’s not a brief fleeting interaction?

You don't let it become longer! Holy cow, how did you survive to adulthood?!