Everybody knows how serious it is and literally all you have to do to not get it is avoid people.
SiameseCatMom: You're very unlikely to catch Covid from a biweekly grocery trip to a store which requires masks. There must be at least one grocery store in your area which does so.
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Because a significant amount of people are neither wearing masks nor "social distancing".
Diane A
well I work a COVID call center and the rate of infection is greater than about 12%. Many positives that I call (because I have to fill out the public health report) have NO idea where they were infected, even some who say they dont go out. So somewhere they are infected, whether its from an asymptomatic spreader, or a brief trip out to a store, etc We have no way of knowing, but the fact is, it is spreading.
formerly_bob
You are assuming that people have brains and know how to use them. Look at the morons in my town
A Hunch
Not everyone has the ability to avoid people and for some reason they don't get that they can "up" the mask game (KN95, 2 masks, or mask & face shield).
Siamese Cat Mom - if you are a nurse and "saw" a lot people who social distanced and wore masks on short grocery store trips = you have a lot of big liars.
= you get covid from close contacts = not random strangers who you have brief interactions with.
Siamese Cat Mom
1. you need to work, which may involve being around people, 2. you need to get groceries. 3. you need a doctors visit/ER. You CAN'T always avoid people, can you? Edit: as a nurse, I saw many cases where people only go out once a month for groceries and caught covid! It is unlikely, but not a guarantee you won't catch it! And yes our stores say mask required, but I see many people not wearing them still, even IN the store. And some people can't due to health issues! Are you in the medical field dealing with this and seeing and hearing stories of how people caught this virus? If not, shut the hell up!