COVID-19

[grunthy]

I yelled back "oh **** off." Not surprisingly, he wasn't wearing a mask either.

Why would he wear a mask in a car by himself?

[NTP66]

[AuthorTony]

That guy would lose his mind in rural PA. I went to Lowes and two greenhouses yesterday. All were packed and less than 50% of the people were wearing masks.

[Troy Loney]

From what I read about viral load emissions, yelling at someone from the car would pose more of a risk than walking around without a mask.

[Troy Loney]

I yelled back "oh **** off." Not surprisingly, he wasn't wearing a mask either.

Why would he wear a mask in a car by himself?

Because he's driving around and yelling at people for not wearing masks.

[mikey]

Hopefully his car hits a banana peel and goes right off a cliff...

[grunthy]

i mean he obviously is an idiot.

[grunthy]

Hopefully his car hits a banana peel and goes right off a cliff...

O'Doyle Rules!

[Freddy Rumsen]

[nocera]

I yelled back "oh **** off." Not surprisingly, he wasn't wearing a mask either.

Why would he wear a mask in a car by himself?

Because he's driving around and yelling at people for not wearing masks.

Right. He doesn't need to wear a mask just like I didn't need to have a mask on at that moment. Dude also has no idea how insanely anal I am about following the rules.

[offsides]

I was looking at some world meter numbers for places like Spain, France and Italy that were really hit hard. I have no idea how open they are now, but the numbers I see look really good. Definitely on a downward trend of cases and deaths.

[King Colby]

What a jagoff that guy is. For someone to catch covid from your breathing, you'd have to be in an enclosed space with them for a significant period of time. Whatever that means, i can confidently say it longer than the amount of time it takes to walk past them outdoors.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

I'd estimate about 30% of people out and about in my 'hood are wearing a mask while taking the dog for a walk/jogging/whatever.

I don't wear one when I'm outside and don't plan on it. If it is so contagious and hearty that it can float around in the outdoors like the force or the donora smog or something, then my silly cloth mask isn't going to stop it and pretty much nothing short of an N95 is going to stop it. And if that is the case, i might as well just get and it and get it over with. Those are my two uneducated cents.

[King Colby]

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-n ... g-n1209591

Of note:

Given that the incubation period for the virus is several days, Blanquer said, people are "likely" to have been infected before about 40,000 preschools and primary schools reopened last week, with classes capped at 15 students.

But it seems some more waiting is probably for the best.

I dont know. They expected it to be more than 0 which is why protocols were supposed to have been established. 70 cases out of 40,000 schools... or 1 case for every 571 schools... thats pretty much nothing. That might just be the cost of doing business.

Hopefully the protocols work or else that 70 can become 7000 pretty quick.

[King Colby]

I don't necessarily want a time line, but more concrete info on what makes green. "X% hospital utilization, Y% ICU utilization, Z cases per 100,000 with ABC amount of testing and you're green."

Agree. I think that would give the government something to hold themselves to, which is a lot more palatable to people than "we will advance when we say so"

[meow]

Yeah, but that would mean they would have to have a plan. Which they obviously don't

[pens9192]

Got notice that we are to pick up everything from my kids school on June 3rd. Dates and times based on last name groups. Stuff will be out on the sidewalks around the school kind of like a yard sale. Respect social distancing, etc. Feels weird.

[mac5155]

So we're now paying $8 per pound for 80/20 ground beef. Cool.

[AuthorTony]

So we're now paying $8 per pound for 80/20 ground beef. Cool.

Where are you shopping? Giant Iggle has is for $3.99 if you can get in before the hoarders snag all of it.

[mac5155]

So we're now paying $8 per pound for 80/20 ground beef. Cool.

Where are you shopping? Giant Iggle has is for $3.99 if you can get in before the hoarders snag all of it.

I'm picky with meat and shop at two local stores who have in-house butchers. I'm starting to think they are just gouging, being that they have chuck roasts and delmonico steaks for the same price.

[King Colby]

So we're now paying $8 per pound for 80/20 ground beef. Cool.

Where are you shopping? Giant Iggle has is for $3.99 if you can get in before the hoarders snag all of it.

I'm picky with meat and shop at two local stores who have in-house butchers. I'm starting to think they are just gouging, being that they have chuck roasts and delmonico steaks for the same price.

Buy a meat grinder?

[shoeshine boy]

While on a walk today, a dude from a passing car yelled out "put on a **** mask!"

I was walking in my neighborhood and was literally the only person on the sidewalk. Seemed aggressive. If I do see somebody on the same side of the street as me, I always cross to the other side to avoid getting close.

Do you guys wear a mask while exercising?

we go for a walk at lunchtime every day. the path we walk on is about 6 feet wide. we switch to a column when others are coming the other way or coming up from behind us. occasionally we come across adults and children who are taking up half the path. I don't expect small children to know that they should social distance so we just move to the street or grassy area to be far enough away. we don't wear masks on the walk (we do wear them everywhere else we go) and I'd say probably 10%- 20% of the other people out exercising have masks on.

[shafnutz05]

I yelled back "oh **** off." Not surprisingly, he wasn't wearing a mask either.

Good. Wearing a mask on walks is essentially useless

You aren’t gonna get COVID outside when you aren’t breathing on each other

The thought of running four miles on with a mask on makes me shudder. That said, like others mentioned I do see people with masks on out walking. When my daughter and I visited the county park on Saturday, we wore it around our necks and respectfully pulled it up when we approached someone coming the other way on the trail. Seems the most reasonable approach.

[willeyeam]

I just did 2.5 miles with a mustache and I hated it. Eff exercising in a mask

[Freddy Rumsen]

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