Coronavirus Culture Shock While Traveling [View all]

[pstokely]

https://onemileatatime.com/coronavirus-traveling/

"We have been in disbelief ever since we landed in Las Vegas — for this entire trip it has almost felt like coronavirus isn’t a thing. I don’t even know where to begin, but it has been so confusing.

My primary issue isn’t even individuals choosing not to wear masks in situations where physical distancing isn’t possible. But it has been jarring to see, as face mask usage has been almost non-existent:

At Las Vegas Airport maybe a few percent of people were wearing masks, while the rest weren’t
We’ve been in Springdale, Utah, and Page, Arizona, and again, almost no one was wearing a mask, even in crowded areas
In Page, Arizona, specifically, I saw more people wearing political hats than masks
At a restaurant in Page people laughed and pointed at us; who knows if that was because we were wearing masks, or because we’re gay?
In the lobby of the Hyatt Place Page a big family ordered four pizzas, and they ate them all barefoot in the lobby, sometimes placing individual slices directly on tables, and there was no hand washing (I realize being barefoot won’t give them coronavirus, but I wanted to set the scene)
Apparently wearing a mask is so exceptional that one lady rolled down her car window and yelled “good for you guys for wearing those, no one does that around here”"