conspiratemus1

And you have more to fear from infected? teenagers than they have from you. If you avoid them like the plague, you’ll likely be OK.

conspiratemus1

Here’s a little real case for you to chew on in the “civility” arena. You are running on a MUP in a city park , doing your conscientious mask thing. As you approach a small bridge over a creek, you realize a man is standing on the bridge, his bicycle leaning against the railing. He claimed later to be “admiring the view” but whatever, there is not room for you to to pass by him with the legally mandated 2 metre space. (Were he admiring the view from other than on the bridge, you could just run onto the grass beside the trail to avoid him.) Like almost everyone else in the park he Is unmasked. He refuses your polite request to get off the bridge so you can observe social distancing. What do you do?

In Toronto, the woman runner “felt threatened” (so ergo she was threatened) and called 911. The police attended and when it became apparent that the man admiring the view on the bridge was black, it went south from there. Fortunately no violence but a great deal of offended woke sensibilities on both sides.

It’s complicated.

jethro00

Well, today we had our second ride across campus with our gaiters. They are much easier to pull on and off than the masks with straps that go behind the ears. I don't really mind too much having the gaiter bunched on my neck during the majority of the ride when we are not on campus. But, the masks with straps that go behind the ears allow for more room between the mask and the mouth and nose, which is better for breathing. I find I am riding with my mouth open while using the gaiter pulled up so I can get enough air.

conspiratemus1

Of course, if you were really conscientious and wanted to keep the more strident contributors to this thread happy, you wouldn’t ride on the campus at all. The increased minute ventilation (tidal volume x respiratory rate) induced by exercise increases the plume of virus-laden droplets you push through your mask (of whatever description), extending your kill zone to well beyond 6 feet. Sedentary activity only, then. (At the outset of the lockdown, that actually was an official recommendation here.)

See how difficult it is to please everyone?