In Texas

[RB TexLa]

The number of people who do not wear masks and the number of people who do not social distance. You can't go anywhere without having to move away from people constantly. Combined with a governor who's every decision is based on "what would trumper think of this," I give up.

Fuck it, we just all die. I'm going to die at some point, might as well be from this. No reason to even try anymore.

[Laelth]

1. East Texas.

At the local Walmart, all employees had masks. Maybe 75% of them were wearing their masks properly. About 50% of shoppers had masks. It was depressing. A lot of people still don’t “get it.”

-Laelth

[Manifestor_of_Light]

9. A few people wearing masks.

at the Brookshire Brothers supermarket in Palestine.

[Vogon_Glory]

2. They cover up in Austin

I’m not sure about the boonies. Indoors, I cover up. Outdoors, while I don’t feel threatened by a jogger 25 feet away, I mask up as I get closer in.

[Wolves ov Siberia]

3. Frustrating

It is so frustrating. I’m fear mostly for my parents and son. I just don’t understand people. People just do not care. No amount of education, warning or promoting government officials is going to change anything. Only people literally dropping dead at high numbers. We are a sick country; maybe we have always been...

[cayugafalls]

4. North Harris County...We don't even go out anymore.

Curbside pickup for groceries, drop off mail at box, etc...really worried about the state inspection that is due this month, but I will find a way to deal with it.

I'm amazed at the number of people not wearing masks, but trumpers will be stupid.

[csziggy]

5. Maybe we should go back to wearing hoop skirts!

The fashionable history of social distancing
Arts Mar 27, 2020 9:15 AM EDT

<SNIP>

In the past, maintaining distance – especially between genders, classes and races – was an important aspect of social gatherings and public life. Social distancing didn’t have anything to do with isolation or health; it was about etiquette and class. And fashion was the perfect tool.

Take the Victorian-era “crinoline.” This large, voluminous skirt, which became fashionable in the mid-19th century, was used to create a barrier between the genders in social settings.

While the origins of this trend can be traced to the 15th-century Spanish court, these voluminous skirts became a marker of class in the 18th century. Only those privileged enough to avoid household chores could wear them; you needed a house with enough space to be able to comfortably move from room to room, along with a servant to help you put it on. The bigger your skirt, the higher your status.

In the 1850s and 1860s, more middle-class women started wearing the crinoline as caged hoop skirts started being mass-produced. Soon, “Crinolinemania” swept the fashion world.

A satirical comic pokes fun at the ballooning crinolines of the mid-19th century. Wikimedia Commons

More: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-fashionable-history-of-social-distancing

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. Some sample infection charts.....

Texas as a whole....




Harris County......




Bexar County.....




Hidalgo County.....



KY............

[Sucha NastyWoman]

7. No way RB

We need you healthy to help turn us blue!

Where are you in Texas? I’m in Harris county and I’ve seen a big change in the last few days. H‑E‑B is even requiring you to wear a mask now. It won’t help with the biggest jerks. Even if forced to wear them, they’ll leave their nose uncovered or otherwise sabotage the effort. But it should make it better here in a while. Just stay home as much as you can, and try to take care of yourself.

[pecosbob]

8. I am high risk and have worked a retail counter every day of the pandemic

Shooting dice with God...I don't have much choice, really. Every day I've had at least one or two customers that insist on pulling my chain over the face mask and splash shield I wear. At least the governor here has issued a statewide mandatory mask requirement (even if one with no enforcement teeth). I still have one third of customers entering my store without a mask. This is an improvement over the one third wearing them while we were in phase II (non-essential businesses opened). As of now the twenty and thirty-somethings patronizing local bars and restaraunts appear to be the highest risk to me personally as they don't seem to be taking this seriously at all.

[duforsure]

10. Being in a higher risk group I can't go into anywhere

But observing in a town 100 miles northwest of Houston only 30-35% are wearing masks going into stores when I've watched, and there is no way I will go out until its contained and better precautions are mandated, and with Abbott and trump that may never happen, prolonging shutdowns and hurting the economy much worse from their policies. trump failed , and continues failing. Is he intentionally hurting this country for putin? Their policies have already been tried and failed elsewhere , so they know this isn't helping. Staying in , and spending as little as possible until trumps gone.