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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
Hi bluebicyle. I totally understand your concerns.
I think that if you are the one with the burden of running around in public, during this rough time, that you should have greater say in certain things. The type of cake.
I have noticed, when out in public, that a large percentage of older adults don't wear gloves or masks compared to middle-aged adults. It's a little concerning. I saw one older man in my grocery store hacking away without covering his mouth. I steered clear of him. I've been wearing disposable vinyl gloves for a while since this started and today started wearing a mask. The mask isn't comfortable (it steams up my glasses), but it's a good idea, I think. My grocery store just added plexiglass shields between where the cashiers stand and the customer.
Do you think a sit down talk about the spread of COVID 19 would help? Or do you think it would be met by deaf ears?
My dad is now quarantined in his suite room at his assisted living facility. All there are.
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I have told my mom and dad to cut that s*** out several times. I told my mom that she is potentially bringing coronavirus into her own mother's place by always going over there, occasionally dropping off groceries. Then I said, "Are you even washing your hands or wiping down the groceries with wipes?" She was like, "no, she'll be fine. Plus, she's probably opened all the stuff anyways, so it doesn't matter at this point." And she STILL keeps doing it.
My dad just wants to go out every single day. He thinks that going to super markets and stuff is "refreshing," even though there are tons of people there, and who knows who coughed on what. I mean, I know people have to go grocery shopping, but he is licking his fingers after he comes back, or he will order McDonald's and then lick his fingers in the car without washing his hands.
He even went to a hardware store for the hell of it two days ago. He was like, "I dunno. I think it would be nice to browse a bunch of stores that are still open. It's very refreshing." Like WTF.