6 adults in middle of small enclosed playground having unmasked conversation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is none of your business, Karen!

It’s a highly contagious pandemic, Karen, so it is most definitely my business. It’s not about you - I don’t give a crap if you get it - it’s about you giving it to my kids or others.

Seriously, how often does this need to be explained to you?

Then stay home and keep your kids locked up. If you're worried about yourself and your kids, then understand that that is under your control.

Ignorant people like you are the problem and are the cause of DL and closed businesses. But the Trumpers are known to hurt their interests the most- as always.

- DP

[Anonymous]

I've been harassed 3 times out walking my dog for not wearing a mask. Walking my dog!

In suburban maryland, where i can easily maintain six feet from the next pedestrian, and we are exposed to each other for less than 3 seconds.

I am genuinely worried for the mental health of our community. Its going to take a LONG time to unpack all of this fear

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can never understand adults refusing to wear a mask.

I can't see if I where a mask because my glasses fog up. It's particularly bad if it's cold outside. I will wear masks if I'm close to others, but I don't wear them if I don't have to.

I wear glasses too. Pull the mask up your nose, put the glasses on top of the mask. This usually works for me.

Have your been outside in cold weather? That doesn't work. Yes, it blocks the air from coming up by your nose, but not by your cheek bones. The colder weather is much less forgiving because the water vapor condenses so much more easily.

Mine fog up too. I deal with it. Adult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can never understand adults refusing to wear a mask.

There’s no science to suggest that wearing a mask outdoors makes any difference.

First, am I supposed to trust your anonymous unsupported statement?


Second, there are different kinds of “outside” scenarios, just as the indoor ones.

If you are in the woods by yourself or on an empty street - by all means, I don’t see how a mask is necessary.

If you are in a crowd but outside, on a full playground blocking the way - it’s just reasonable to wear a mask to protect others from your spit.

DP than you responded to, where are your sources that COVID spreads outdoors? You can’t because there aren’t any! I am a medical professional and a mask wearer. I find it very disingenuous when randoms get online and spew unsubstantiated claims. With that said, wear a mask.

Where are your sources that it does not? It's weird to claim something random, and ask others to provide sources to disprove it. "Outdoors" has to be somehow operationalized and differentiated, because it's a very wide and vague term that can be misinterpreted. You may be a medical professional, but you are jot a researcher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can never understand adults refusing to wear a mask.

I can't see if I where a mask because my glasses fog up. It's particularly bad if it's cold outside. I will wear masks if I'm close to others, but I don't wear them if I don't have to.

I wear glasses too. Pull the mask up your nose, put the glasses on top of the mask. This usually works for me.

Have your been outside in cold weather? That doesn't work. Yes, it blocks the air from coming up by your nose, but not by your cheek bones. The colder weather is much less forgiving because the water vapor condenses so much more easily.

Mine fog up too. I deal with it. Adult.

I deal with it by pulling my mask down. I’m not walking around outdoors blind. I have a big nose and it’s impossible to get a good mask fit around the nose, so my glasses always fog up when I’m walking outside. I am not appeasing loonies who are afraid of my breath when I’m over 6 ft away outdoors and pass them for a fraction of a second.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been harassed 3 times out walking my dog for not wearing a mask. Walking my dog!

In suburban maryland, where i can easily maintain six feet from the next pedestrian, and we are exposed to each other for less than 3 seconds.

I am genuinely worried for the mental health of our community. Its going to take a LONG time to unpack all of this fear

Why is it important to anyone what you are doing outside? I keep my mask on my face as a courtesy and for my own and my community's safety. There are times when you might find yourself closer to people than they or you are comfortable with. If you were to sneeze without your mask on during those 3 seconds, are your germs getting a memo - "this lady is only walking her dog, and they were close less than 3 seconds, so we gotta not make this other person sick." Stuff happens, and people don't want to take risks for losing their lives, health, and livelihood. Is that hard to understand?

It's hard to unpack fear, you are correct, but apparently, it's harder to unpack selfishness.

[Anonymous]

If I am out for a walk I don’t wear a mask. When I am standing around talking to other parents while DC are playing, I wear a mask.

That said, I walked a friend’s dog over the weekend with my kids. We were walking and there was a playground on our route. No one was there when we got there so kids played. Two families came and one said something to us about not wearing masks. I explained the situation (didn’t know about the playground and no one else there). I ignored the next round of self righteous comments and we left a few minutes later. Life is to short for the haters. We wear
masks except to walk outdoors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is none of your business, Karen!

It’s a highly contagious pandemic, Karen, so it is most definitely my business. It’s not about you - I don’t give a crap if you get it - it’s about you giving it to my kids or others.

Seriously, how often does this need to be explained to you?

Then stay home and keep your kids locked up. If you're worried about yourself and your kids, then understand that that is under your control.

Ignorant people like you are the problem and are the cause of DL and closed businesses. But the Trumpers are known to hurt their interests the most- as always.

- DP

Nope. Look in the mirror to see what's causing schools to stay closed. Life has risks. When people are acting rationally, they mitigate the risks as well as they reasonably can, accept what's left, and move on with their lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can never understand adults refusing to wear a mask.

I can't see if I where a mask because my glasses fog up. It's particularly bad if it's cold outside. I will wear masks if I'm close to others, but I don't wear them if I don't have to.

I wear glasses too. Pull the mask up your nose, put the glasses on top of the mask. This usually works for me.

Have your been outside in cold weather? That doesn't work. Yes, it blocks the air from coming up by your nose, but not by your cheek bones. The colder weather is much less forgiving because the water vapor condenses so much more easily.

Mine fog up too. I deal with it. Adult.

If it's true you have glasses, then I doubt you spend much time outside. Particularly doing anything that gets your breathing rate up. Otherwise you quite literally won't be able to see in front of yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is none of your business, Karen!

It’s a highly contagious pandemic, Karen, so it is most definitely my business. It’s not about you - I don’t give a crap if you get it - it’s about you giving it to my kids or others.

Seriously, how often does this need to be explained to you?

Then stay home and keep your kids locked up. If you're worried about yourself and your kids, then understand that that is under your control.

Ignorant people like you are the problem and are the cause of DL and closed businesses. But the Trumpers are known to hurt their interests the most- as always.

- DP

Nope. Look in the mirror to see what's causing schools to stay closed. Life has risks. When people are acting rationally, they mitigate the risks as well as they reasonably can, accept what's left, and move on with their lives.

Haha. No, you look and see your unmasked face. That’s your answer to what keeps school closed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is none of your business, Karen!

I hate this attitude. Masks are primarily to protect *other people* not the wearer. Of course it's her business.

[Anonymous]

Op I can’t believe you left the house. How irresponsible!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You say nothing. You worry about yourself & your kids. If there is nowhere safe for you & your kids to play, you leave.
I very cautious about Covid but the outdoor mask citizen policing is just ridiculous.

It's not ridiculous. Wearing masks in public is about civic responsibility just as not littering or vandalizing.

I wouldn't say anything to someone vandalizing or littering either. You just don't know who has anger management issues or is crazy - not worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You say nothing. You worry about yourself & your kids. If there is nowhere safe for you & your kids to play, you leave.
I very cautious about Covid but the outdoor mask citizen policing is just ridiculous.

It's not ridiculous. Wearing masks in public is about civic responsibility just as not littering or vandalizing.

I wouldn't say anything to someone vandalizing or littering either. You just don't know who has anger management issues or is crazy - not worth it.

That's true. We've said something to a dude who was deliberately destroying a habitat at a National park, and he attempted to fight my husband.

In a similar vein, wearing a mask in public is a sign of civilized behavior, refusing to wear a mask may be a sign of mental health issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can never understand adults refusing to wear a mask.

I can't see if I where a mask because my glasses fog up. It's particularly bad if it's cold outside. I will wear masks if I'm close to others, but I don't wear them if I don't have to.

I wear glasses too. Pull the mask up your nose, put the glasses on top of the mask. This usually works for me.

Have your been outside in cold weather? That doesn't work. Yes, it blocks the air from coming up by your nose, but not by your cheek bones. The colder weather is much less forgiving because the water vapor condenses so much more easily.

Mine fog up too. I deal with it. Adult.

If it's true you have glasses, then I doubt you spend much time outside. Particularly doing anything that gets your breathing rate up. Otherwise you quite literally won't be able to see in front of yourself.

I not only wear glasses, I wear progressives. giant ones. Believe me I understand. I still keep my mask on. Some of them I’ve sound wires into and some of them I just deal with fog until I’m alone and can adjust it. Some people I know use a little double stick tape. I prefer not to do that so I just tough it out when I don’t have the nose wires. It’s