That makes sense for essential grocery trips and similar things, as an overall public policy.
The thing I’m trying to figure out is “if you wanted to see friends/neighbors without hurting each other on a regular basis (i.e. going on walks, or visiting each other’s front porch), how much distance do you have to maintain to actually be confident that you wouldn’t infect each other for months on end?”
(I’m assuming there’s basically always some risk if you go out at all, but, like, at what point does the risk fall under one’s usual exposure to micromorts?)
I think 6 ft and everyone wearing masks (properly) to avoid infecting others, plus sticking to open spaces only should basically reduce the risk to that of venturing out alone.
I’m also particularly interested in the “people are not wearing masks” answer, since a) I expect masks to continue to be in short supply, b) masks are just really annoying and I expect people to not wear them.
The idea is not to remove almost all risk, but to reduce R0 below 1. Six feet is likely to help a lot with that.
That makes sense for essential grocery trips and similar things, as an overall public policy.
The thing I’m trying to figure out is “if you wanted to see friends/neighbors without hurting each other on a regular basis (i.e. going on walks, or visiting each other’s front porch), how much distance do you have to maintain to actually be confident that you wouldn’t infect each other for months on end?”
(I’m assuming there’s basically always some risk if you go out at all, but, like, at what point does the risk fall under one’s usual exposure to micromorts?)
I think 6 ft and everyone wearing masks (properly) to avoid infecting others, plus sticking to open spaces only should basically reduce the risk to that of venturing out alone.
What makes you think that?
I’m also particularly interested in the “people are not wearing masks” answer, since a) I expect masks to continue to be in short supply, b) masks are just really annoying and I expect people to not wear them.