if it wasn't clear from my initial post, that is exactly what i'm trying to figure out. i agree. having it on your chin is 'at the ready'...
however - i see these people huff and puff and zoom past people, getting closer to them then 6ft - and they don't make an effort....the mask is a token for these people. its like people were told to wear a mask, but need the explicit hand holding that tells them they also have to wear it to cover their nose and mouth
That wasn't what your initial post asked.
I'm wondering if anyone here who choses to walk along the 34th Ave 'path' decides it's important enough to bring outside, put on their head, but not wear across their mouth and nose....And if you are one of those people, why would you do so along a path you're guaranteed to be close to people on, especially when you're panting like a dog on a run or zooming past on a bike?
People, including myself, who don't always wear their mask on 34th Avenue explained to you why they do so, and then you began to talk past people and, I think, intentionally misunderstand people. I think you did this for express purpose of being obnoxious.
why are you being so dense? i walk on 34th and unless alternate realities exist, we are seeing the same shit (unless you're walking only at 8AM, in which case, i'm not sure why you're arguing with me)
I'm not being dense at all. I think you are intentionally misunderstanding. Remember, you don't have to agree with me about my choice of mask wearing to understand the reasoning. I don't need to convince you of the the rightness of my perspective in order for you to have gained insight in to why someone does what was your initial ask.
As I've previously explained, you absolutely can get on to 34th Avenue on various times of day and have no problem keeping your distance from others. Peak times less so, so I avoid 34th Avenue at that time and leave it for the families of kids learning to ride a bike,
Now, there are definitely people who get too close - including people wearing masks. I've had pairs of runners throughout the neighborhood come up from behind me, split to get around me and both stay within a foot or two of me. That annoys me (and I think it would be rude behavior outside of an epidemic), but I also think the risk of infection from such an encounter is so low as to be negligible -- if that was a common transmission route I think 100% of New Yorkers tested would have antibodies. I suspect those people have the same perception as I do.
My annoyance at that comes from the lack of consideration it shows to others who are fearful, not my fear of catching Covid-19.