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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many ignorant American people who do not understand a basic biology or the nature of viruses. You cannot get a virus outside in fresh air unless someone literally spits all over your face. That includes flu virus too. Most viruses stay in air for at least 3-4 hours INSIDE. So it is very likely to get sick indoors. Make sure your child washes their hands often especially after touching playground equipment.[/quote]

And the odds of asymptomatic transmission indoors is .7%. So odds of someone outdoors, positive with no symptoms, spitting in face? Seems very much in line with risks we take every day.[/quote]
And sometimes it’s just about sending a positive message to our neighbors and doing little things that may encourage them to enjoy our shared spaces as well.  It’s just a mask.  Please wear one so those of us who are less risk prone can venture outdoors more confidently.  It’s not just about you and your “rights”.[/quote]

The message you send to me when you wear a mask outside in low-density areas is "I'm anxious and either scientifically illiterate, or [b]I assume those around me are[/b]." It makes being outside for me a less comfortable and generally creepier experience, not a more positive one. This was one thing when you could reasonably not know this was a nonissue, but we are way past that point. [/quote]

Well, I do assume that people around me are not scientifically literate. People are stupid. I agree it's not justified by the science and I was a late-adopter to wearing a mask outside last year. But I got tired of having to discuss it with people who weren't interested in the science and were just interested in memes and shaming other adults.[/quote]

I frequently don't wear a mask outside and no one has ever said anything to me. (I do mask if the sidewalk is very busy or if I'm in a playground and I can't stay 10+ feet away from people.) And I'm definitely not physically intimidating. What did people say to you? I had assumed this was a like, 'people on the internet fantasizing about confronting others' kind of thing, not a real thing people do. [/quote]

Oh, man, lucky you. I mean that, seriously. I'm the PP you're replying to, and I think I had 5 outdoor encounters of people telling me to mask up last summer before I started doing it religiously. Once I was walking down a sidewalk in my neighborhood and an older woman working in her garden saw me and said, "mask! mask!" making a motion around her mouth with a faux-cheerful voice. Once I was walking my dog and another dog walker called out to me from afar, "we should all be wearing a mask!" And a neighbor, who I know well and is a kind single mom, sort of made a point of steering a conversation about totally different topics to how she's being uber-careful with covid because it's important to try to "do our part to keep each other safe." The way she said it I took as a nudge to me.

And for what it's worth, I [b]am[/b] kind of physically intimidating! I'm a 6'3" not-beanpole man.[/quote]

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