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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the person/people on here asking for confirmation of any cases from brief sidewalk contact - why? Are you epidemiologists? Have you just ignored the hundreds of scientists who have explained countless times in the media why we should all be wearing masks whenever we leave home? Is wearing a mask that difficult? I get that kids don’t like them but none of us have ever done this before. The kids (and adults) are going to have to figure out how to make some changes. Almost every news outlet has stories with actual epidemiologists PLEADING with people to understand why we need mask compliance. Why aren’t you listening? I honestly do not get it.[/quote]

I don't get why you insist on passing someone on the sidewalk close up in a pandemic? Can you explain that?

If we were in a park or trail where it's not always possible to be 6 feet away we wear masks. But the only place we are going these days with sidewalks is our neighborhood. We are five months into this and I go on walks a few times a day in my hood. Never, not once, have I been forced to be less than 6 feet away from someone. If I/we see someone coming, I simply move out into the street or cross the street. It's not that hard!
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Plenty of people are not doing that. Even at parks where the trails are narrow. Most look shocked someone else noticed there is a public park. We wear our masks, and not as chinstraps on trails as we know there will likely be others. There is also the very real issue of people thinking that 3 feet is 6. [/quote]

DP. you yourself are free to move. By now people realize that no one's getting covid from briefly passing somebody 3ft instead of 6ft. Of all the kinds of human interactions going on all day every day everywhere, it's obvious that there isn't transmission this way. If it makes you anxious, then the onus is on you to move if it will make you feel better, since the risk just isn't there. And especially if you are walking side by side - you lose the right to complain about others not giving you space if you're not walking single file. [/quote]

Oh but I do. Even my five-year-old walks in the street around these road hogs. And I am not anxious or mental. i’m trying to protect them too. And the truth is there usually isn’t enough room to do that if you’re on a trail. I shouldn’t have to jump into poison ivy when hiking because someone else isn’t paying attention and feels entitled to assert their ignorance. [/quote]

You can come up with any belittling scenario of how you think someone wearing a mask should walk and you’ll find that it’s in accurate. We do walk single file to give other people space. We do try to go when it’s not busy. We do try and be the one to move. It’s often not enough. I’m guessing you live in the suburbs and this isn’t a real issue for you. But if you live in the city and you’re trying to go to a public park or just walk through your own neighborhood this is something you’re navigating every day. I don’t know what your beef is with trying to protect other people but it’s an odd choice. [/quote]

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