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If you're outside walking/riding/exercising, do you wear a mask?

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) May 19 '20, 11:26

we went for a 3+ mile walk last night, and probably walked past 5 or 6 people on the sidewalks going opposite direction.

Should we be wearing / donning our masks when walking by them?
Is it courteous to do so?
Is it more a safety thing?
Does it matter?

Responses:

On my nightly walk with my dog I do not, but I also rarely see more than a couple of people and I keep my distance -- nm - decline May 19, 12:06
No. -- nm - loosilu May 19, 12:00
Yes because there are kids everywhere. -- nm - David May 19, 11:55 3
- Grubby little germ machines... -- nm - Dark Callisto May 19, 11:55 2
  - None of them wear masks in the park where I walk my dog, even though their parents do. A couple kept riding right next to me and then touched me and I - jnine May 19, 14:42
  - It's probably for the best that we aren't parents. -- nm - David May 19, 11:59
Usually. But I don't if i am out at, like, 7am. But after dinner walk? Definitely. It is respectful to others. -- nm* - Andie May 19, 11:50 1
- Wearing a mask is really protecting others more than yourself. Other people in masks protect you. -- nm - Andie May 19, 11:59
If I'm outside of my apartment I'm wearing a mask. I take it off on empty blocks for a breather but put it on before I reach the next - Krusty May 19, 11:48
no. there's few enough people out and about that its easy to keep distance. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 19, 11:47
ever see someone vaping outside, see the HUGE cloud of exhaust? -- nm - zeitgeist May 19, 11:47
Yes. The Commonwealth requires it. -- nm* - Diva May 19, 11:41
Not at the moment, no. -- nm - Beryllium May 19, 11:41
Naw. But we rarely see anyone on our walks and those we do see, we keep that 6 foot distance. -- nm - John B May 19, 11:33
I don't if I'm out walking. But if I see a runner coming towards me, I resent having to breathe in his vapour cloud after he's passed. -- nm - Loyola May 19, 11:33
I do, but I live in Manhattan -- nm - ty97 May 19, 11:33
This doc provides a time/respiration exposure calc that would probably suggest passing people outdoors isn't a high risk. - Max May 19, 11:33 1
- this is really cool. -- nm - amanda May 19, 11:39
I do. It's hard, I look at it as strengthening my lungs. Yesterday I walked in the sand at the beach and then up the ramps to the pier and it was not - jnine May 19, 11:32
No. Only when I am going to enclosed public spaces. I can always avoid other walkers. -- nm - Qale May 19, 11:32
No, but have to admit, if I pass anyone real close I hold my breath. -- nm - Meg May 19, 11:31 1
- Yeah, I do this as well. -- nm - JaxSean May 19, 11:32
Of course. LA County-wide, we have to mask up as soon as we leave the house or car. It's hard, but definitely a thing you get used to. -- nm - con_carne May 19, 11:31 1
- I don't run or bike, but I walk a lot -- nm - con_carne May 19, 11:33
I have one available, if it was a busy sidewalk I would, I use a neck gaiter with a paper towel (which actually has some protective filtering) -- nm - zeitgeist May 19, 11:31
No.I just give people a wide berth on the paths. -- nm - Open Baron May 19, 11:30
we don't -- nm - Beaker May 19, 11:30
No. From everything I've seen, someone would have to almost literally sneeze on you outside to transmit. - spamlet May 19, 11:29 7
- Recognize that having a mask on naturally means you're touching your face less. -- nm - con_carne May 19, 11:48 3
  - If I leave my house and don't touch anything outside, touching my face doesn't matter, right? -- nm - spamlet May 19, 12:12 1
    - Spam, it's probably fine for you to be a Firefox Health Expert because you're smart. But we start getting problems when ordinary yahoos start thinking - con_carne May 19, 12:41
  - I put gloves on the other day to shop ( its a hot debate on yes/no) but it really made me realize how much I touch my face/mask. - Pippy - Fairy Retriever May 19, 11:51
- one guy goes out bar hopping in so korea and 150 new cases are traced back to him -- nm - zeitgeist May 19, 11:32 2
  - Part of the calculation is the length of the exposure and the airflow. Being inside with someone for a long time is a big difference. -- nm - spamlet May 19, 11:35
  - That is very different than just walking about. You know he was Oppa Gangnam Style. -- nm* - Qale May 19, 11:33
No. I have it on in the stores and I have an instant headache, I can't imagine exercising in one - Pippy - Fairy Retriever May 19, 11:27

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