Jackson Heights Life

I hope he does.  Already seeing more people without masks on the subway and streets.  And it's day one of phase 2

Took a walk on 37th Ave for the first time in a couple of weeks. Many pedestrians wearing masks pulled down below their nose or on their chin. There was a cartoon in Queens Crap the other day that compared this behavior to walking around with your fly open. The image was too graphic to post here, but you can probably find it if you're not offended.
Many were walking around without masks.
One older woman without a mask was making strange sounds like she was a sheep.  I realized that she was probably implying that I was a sheep for wearing a mask. But who is actually the sheep? The one following the advice of health professionals or the one following the advice of conspiracy theorists?

Pretty sure I encountered the same woman a few weeks ago, unless there are two of them. She didn't make sheep noises when she passed me, but she called me an idiot and a sheep, among some other choice terms, and told me "you can't catch the virus outside." I found out after asking around that she's a "neighborhood character" and consistently gets into mean confrontations. I'm hoping there's only one like that in the area. It would be a shame if there's more than one or even several who would engage in that kind of behavior.

My mother died of COVID-19 and I'm immunocompromised (among them chronic respiratory probs, and yet I survive wearing a mask).  Going outdoors among an antipathetic populace who are unable to put a little something on for their travels, with runners and cyclers passing close from the side, has made it a situation for me to get prescriptions, visit doctors etc.  It shouldn't have to be, just as Mom didn't have to die, and our numbers would be so much lower if only these did the right thing and thought about others.  But of course, unless someone drops dead right there it won't happen

It is a social thing, a vanity thing. They are embarrassed. Are doctors embarrassed too? It is an illusion  to feel better about themselves without thinking of consequences they have no control over.

Here is what I saw:

I was in a takeout place last week and some large character with a chin guard stepped out with his purchase. On the sidewalk he ran into an acquaintance: a younger, smaller guy in a mask. The moment they chatted the younger guy pulled his mask below his nose. By the end of 2 minutes they went separate ways, only this time both were wearing chin guards.

Wouldn't it be nice not to wear a mask? Some people can't wear anything anymore - ever again. People every day in this city are diagnosed. And let's not forget where COVID-19 activity has been most prevalent: here. Corona, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst...

Don't tell me you're sorry for my Mother's death. It would be disingenuous and not the point anyway.

i've been impressed about how well people are doing here. i haven't ventured far, but friends of mine who live in Brooklyn have said our neighborhood is a lot more compliant than most.

Part of it that makes me a little angry is people in my building that don't wear their mask until they get outside. It's WAY MORE LIKELY that you will transmit your asymptomatic infection to others in the common closed area of the building than outside. I think most research puts it at 20x more likely to spread the virus to others indoors than outside. Especially since it's been proven to hang in the air for a long time indoors. Obviously this doesn't mean its a good idea to be shoulder to shoulder with a bunch of people yelling and screaming outside, or talking to someone close by for a long period if they might be infected.

We've done so well so far, I'd hate to see people losing it and being less cautious and starting this problem up all over again by not maintaining disclipline of WEARING A DAMN MASK. It's NOT HARD and it's NOT HARMFUL TO YOU. Suck it up and show the least amount of caring for others in the community.

it's actually mandated inside our building. i occasionally roll my eyes at the abundance of house rules, but this one i can get behind.

We also have a new rule requiring this. Warning for the first offense, then a fine, I think $50.

I'm sorry for your loss, Capt.