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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is about politics, but not directly. It's an extremely affluent, educated county and there is a lot of community-centric virtue signaling going on. There are so many high achieving rule followers in MoCo, people who were probably used to being "the best" at things, and now they'll be "the best" at not getting covid.

The funny thing to me is that a lot of it is anti-science, or, at least, science neutral. Wearing masks outdoors is widely viewed as theater. But that won't stop anxious MoCo Type A vigilant people from "doing everything they can to slow the curve/stop the spread/keep their families safe."

I live in another major (very blue) city that's more laid back in most respects from DC. It's definitely less covid-conscious than MoCo or most of the DC area, although the covid rates have never gotten particularly bad. People don't really mask outside, there are major festivals that people attend, no one is going to raise their eyebrows if you mention having eaten indoors at a restaurant, even with kids.

-- a progressive, liberal, Type A, scientifically-literate mom of 2 under 12 who rips her mask off as soon as my face hits the outdoor wind. [/quote]

I’m in MoCo, and will add that this is largely a thing in the more diverse parts of the county.  We live in Silver Spring and people walk around outside in masks all the time here.  When I take the kids to swim lessons in Rockville, masks are nowhere to be found on people strolling around.  So, it’s a very specific kind of virtue-signaling, IMO.  The most stringent mask wearers here are also the ones that were vehemently opposed to kids returning to school last year because “kids are resilient” and wanting schools to reopen was somehow racist.  Please, tell me how that’s gone for kids’ health.

I refuse to play along because of the science-neutral (at best) aspect.  I work at NIH, and I’m not participating in this charade.  The funny thing is that there are a ton of NIH and FDA folks in our neighborhood, and none of us mask outside—we’re often the outliers at the playground.  [/quote]

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