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For those of us in or approaching our Golden Years, we can’t ditch precautions yet. And definitely not those with any health concerns.
We’re still hitting stores seldom, only at non-peak times, and during “senior hour” when available. Masking in those settings is a given. We’ve abandoned indoor dining (although it sure was fun during the pre-Delta lull for a few weeks there), and scaling back visits with friends to small gatherings with people we feel very sure are as careful as we are.
Air travel is out for the foreseeable future, and even out-of-town car trips for at least a while. Not fun, but that’s reality right now.
Good Lord, how pathetically fear-driven!
I seldom "hit stores", but because my shopping strategy has always been, "Get in, get it, and get out." What are "senior hours"? Not that I'd go out of my way to shop during such a time (and I probably would qualify).
Masking in stores is currently required in my county, so I do. When it was option, I didn't. Likewise at my work.
Our family was at a nice sit-down Italian restaurant last night, and we probably do that more or less weekly.
Small group gatherings ...
last Saturday I was at a running event with some 600 finishers of the three distances, plus probably another hundred volunteers handing out bibs & Tees, staffing aid stations, and preparing and handing out finish area goodies. OTOH, when I got exposed it probably was during one of two 10 minute drives with the source, who had also been exposed during a 10 minute drive with an infected person. Not exactly a large group gathering.
My wife and I flew to KC for a nephew's wedding last July, and four of my eight recent in-person running events have been out of town, though an hour's drive or less. My exposure, when it happened, was less than 10 minutes' drive from home.