“Woe is me. Summer’s here and I’m stuck inside because of the stupid coronavirus.”
Okay, I’m showing my prejudice here, but I don’t agree with any governor or mayor who has wholly opened up society, even on a limited basis. Ignoring CDC guidelines, they’ll sit back and take no blame for the swell of new infections, which have been publicized since last month’s openings.
While I do agree that isolation is no picnic, I also believe a bit – but only a bit – of loosening the rules, such as going outdoors but using social distancing guidelines, helps us both physically and mentally.
However, being safe means not being sorry later, and USA Today’s Courtney Campbell helps solve some of our woe-is-me worries.
According to health experts, being outdoors helps to separate airborne particles. Remember the recent Consumer Watch column that specified the number of droplets just from talking, much less laughing, yelling, singing, and the like that stay in the air long enough to fly on over to another person’s orifices? Obviously, if you’re one of these people who are carriers with no symptoms, you can potentially kill a bunch of strangers or friends. Seriously.