I went to see a friend this weekend. We have known each other 50 years next month. So we were all especially careful as he is a pastor, who has suspended services and posts his weekly sermons on YouTube, and I work in a law office, where we have strict protocols to manage the few inevitable circumstances where we must have live signatures attested by a notary public.
As I drove to see him, and stopped for gas & snacks along the way, with my full face mask, I was appalled by the lack of persons observing and participating in masking and social distancing. I took a package of masks to him and his wife, and of course wore them when we went out to a couple of stores to get a couple of small items. Again, where he lives, I was appalled by the lack of care generally of people.
One thing that especially struck me were some of those who wore masks, both customers and staff of the respective establishments, but only over their mouths, and not over their noses. OK. Wearing a mask over your mouth may prevent you from spreading the virus, but if you don't wear it over your nose, you lose the primary defense against catching it from others.
To quote the police sergeant off the old drama series Hill Street Blues: be careful out there.
