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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
It doesn't look as though she was actually entering the nursing home, and the person receiving the package was wearing a mask. I'm of two minds about this:
1. Wearing masks in the general public should really not be a "thing" unless social distancing isn't practical.
2. I feel it might've been more appropriate for the Edible Arrangements woman to set the food down on a chair/table (something brought outside for her to put it on), or on the ground, and then take a couple steps back while the woman taking the packages took them. They could've gotten a nice photo of both women, with the packages in the nurse's hands, from a 5-6 foot distance, and neither of them would've needed to wear masks and we could've seen both of their smiling faces.
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Thanks for a thoughtful contribution. My issue is that it is impossible to maintain social distancing when you are handing something to a person, and clearly in the photo two people are near each other. The big thing in my mind is that this is a long term care facility. That is the worst place to have COVID introduced.
While the care director is wearing a cloth mask, that is nearly useless in protecting her from catching COVID if she is exposed. Cloth and paper masks are to prevent an infectious person from spreading. So if the food preparer has COVID that mask on the recipient is not of any known benefit. The obligation is on the sick person, even an asymptomatic person, to wear a mask to not be capable of spreading COVID to a nursing home.