From our friend, Chris Cillizza.........but it's a problem isn't it?? Nancy's hair appt??

[Ms. Toad]

76. I am on the side of public health, which has no political affiliation.

Further there is no "believe" about it - it is fact. She was in a salon, with someone she is not living or bubbled with, without a mask, in close enough contact for that person to wash her hair. Unless they are superhuman, that puts her closer than 6 ft away (and in my experience, between 1 and 2 feet).

I am taking significant personal risks to teach in person. I currently have at least one (potentially 6) students who were in my classroom within 48 hours before they were sent home because they have enough primary or secondary symptoms to require a 10-day quarantine. There is also a person in the building who has tested positive (now home, but we were in the building at the same time). Because of this potential exposure, I am not currently sharing a room or bed overnight with my spouse. I refused to hug my 88 year old parents over the weekend, while we were celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary, to ensure that I did not inadvertently expose them, because my risk of exposure is higher than it ordinarily is.

It makes no difference to my life if those 7 potential exposures acquired COVID 19 because they were blatantly flaunting the rules - or - because they got snookered by a political opponent into being caught on camera doing something stupid. If you are in close enough contact for someone you are not living or bubbled with to shampoo your hair, you should both be wearing masks. Period. Rule or no rule. Whether you are caught doing it or not.