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[quote=Anonymous]Bizarre conclusions. Especially this one from Page 1:

&quot;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.&quot;

So... (majority) POC... who live in a less affluent, more densely-populated part of the county... and are more likely to have had (among other things) a COVID death in the family... are merely &quot;virtue signaling&quot; by wearing masks more frequently?

Are you... listening to yourself?

It's been said on this board that the most hypervigilant places are Bethesda/CC and SS/TP.

The demographics of those areas are different, but what distinguishes them from almost everywhere else in MoCo is that they are the most urban. We're talking mostly inside the Beltway. Could that possibly be a factor? I mean, really.

I am very COVID cautious (and live in DTSS/TP!) but I agree outdoor masking isn't strictly supported by the science. Of course, IME it can feel weird not to be wearing a mask in a dense outdoor space, of which there are many in... DTSS/TP.

But doing things with good intentions that aren't strictly supported by the science-- that happens in all sorts of ways. Because not everyone is hyperinformed. Some of y'all sound like my 8-year-old, about any number of subjects. &quot;What? Why would people do X?! EVERYBODY knows that blah blah blah.&quot; No, not everybody knows.

A lot of people wear masks outside for the same reason a lot of people wear masks that don't cover their noses. They haven't kept up with all of the latest developments. Masks under nose = still helpful in many people's minds because they're still thinking droplets &gt; aerosols. Masks outside = still helpful to many because they haven't been apprised of all the research that suggests being outside is exceptionally lower risk in most cases. Recently a woman in my PTA group was concerned that the uptick in COVID cases at our school is because the kids don't have enough hand sanitizer. So, you know.

Even those who are better-informed might be erring on the side of caution *anyway* because it's a *novel* virus and it's not like we know absolutely everything about it yet. Combine that with life in an urban area-- especially in a zip code like 20910 that has higher case counts-- and you might wear masks outside more often.

There's definitely a political polarization facet to this, but it's not all so-called virtue signaling.  [/quote]

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