| jason1637 said: Went out for a walk and its like there's no pandemic. Barely anyone with a mask. Also I've seen so many large group of friends mot social distancing. |
Same here, it's all very weird.
I had to pick up something at a store today. I take full precautions, arrive, wash hands, put on a face mask and go stand in line at the designated markers. All employees were wearing masks as well, none of the other customers were. I show my pickup form and get to follow the green line through the store to stand on another marker at the collection point.
There one employee sits at the end of a long table with the credit card machine and sanitizer on the other end. The guy in front of me doesn't use the hand sanitizer and fiddles all over with the machine.... I put my card down, wash my hands first, stick the card in, hit the buttons, wash my hands again before taking the card back out and putting it back in my pocket.
The employee slides the box over on the floor, I pick it up and carry it back out along the designated path out the store, put it in the trunk. Wash my hands before taking the face mask off and again after, before starting the car. The box is now in the basement in 'quarantine' just to be sure. I'm not taking any risks with what this can do to my wife.
However on the way back, parking lots full at coffee shops (Tim Hortons) and since you can't sit inside, people hang out together in the parking lot. same at the fry stand next to it. Meanwhile people were unloading canoes in groups to go down the river, people floating by together in rafts, walking together, hanging out in the yard. There's still a 5 people (from the same family) limit here, but it doesn't look like anyone cares anymore. And so we keep the virus going and put the economy further down the toilet.
Shops and restaurants etc are doing their part, the general public is not.
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