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The State of Mask 2020
Sep. 22nd, 2020 06:42 pmJohn Scalzi reported on the state of mask wearing in his part of rural Ohio. Here's my addition to that report.
Here in DuPage County, Illinois, suburban Chicago and 60% Republican, anecdotally, 100% mask wearing inside, 50% outside, with two notable exceptions, discussed below. IMHO, the no-mask outside people are largely socially-distanced enough to justify their mask choices. (Walking your dog alone on a suburban sidewalk probably does not require a mask.) Of course, DuPage County also has a high percentage of college-educated people.
Types of masks are 40% disposables, 40% reusable cloth and 20% others (gaters, bandanas, dust masks, a few N95s.) Also notable, I’ve seen people who were clearly in a group (like kids playing together) where some are masked and some are not.
The two notable no-mask exceptions are the gym and one restaurant which I shall not name. In the gym, almost none of the people working out wear a mask. (For my Mom, who may read this – when I’m in the gym, I’m masked from door to door regardless of what exercise I’m doing.) The other location is one local restaurant.
At the restaurant, the staff tends to wear their masks anywhere EXCEPT the face (under the chin, on their arms, in a pocket, etc). The owner had a life-size cardboard cutout of Donald Trump out by the front door one evening – a fact I note for what it’s worth. (I also note that when you visit the dictionary entry for comorbidity, you’ll see his picture staring back at you.) Even so, at that location, customer mask wearing is 70% or so. (Again for Mom – that’s the location I only eat takeout or on the very sunny and breezy patio.)
Here in DuPage County, Illinois, suburban Chicago and 60% Republican, anecdotally, 100% mask wearing inside, 50% outside, with two notable exceptions, discussed below. IMHO, the no-mask outside people are largely socially-distanced enough to justify their mask choices. (Walking your dog alone on a suburban sidewalk probably does not require a mask.) Of course, DuPage County also has a high percentage of college-educated people.
Types of masks are 40% disposables, 40% reusable cloth and 20% others (gaters, bandanas, dust masks, a few N95s.) Also notable, I’ve seen people who were clearly in a group (like kids playing together) where some are masked and some are not.
The two notable no-mask exceptions are the gym and one restaurant which I shall not name. In the gym, almost none of the people working out wear a mask. (For my Mom, who may read this – when I’m in the gym, I’m masked from door to door regardless of what exercise I’m doing.) The other location is one local restaurant.
At the restaurant, the staff tends to wear their masks anywhere EXCEPT the face (under the chin, on their arms, in a pocket, etc). The owner had a life-size cardboard cutout of Donald Trump out by the front door one evening – a fact I note for what it’s worth. (I also note that when you visit the dictionary entry for comorbidity, you’ll see his picture staring back at you.) Even so, at that location, customer mask wearing is 70% or so. (Again for Mom – that’s the location I only eat takeout or on the very sunny and breezy patio.)
