Pecking order for pandemic lifestyle safety
 

I see lots of comments where people criticize others for not following guidelines, wearing masks etc. So I came up with a pecking order for various lifestyle choices people are making during the pandemic. The higher up you are in the pecking order, the less chance there is for you to catch or spread the virus.

1. Full Howard Hughes: You do not leave your home for any reason. You get all groceries, meals etc via delivery. You avoid other people completely. If you are married, divorce may be imminent.

2. Modified Howard Hughes: You engage in some safe outdoor activities like golf, walking etc but do not enter any buildings other than your own home. You get groceries etc by delivery or curbside pickup. No going out to eat. When outside, you stay at least 20 feet from others.

3. Full Masker: You wear a mask anytime you leave your home, even when engaging in outdoor activities. You go to supermarkets because you like to, and will go to stores if employees are masked. You do not go out to eat because it would require you to take off your mask.

4. Modified Masker: You don't wear a mask for outdoor activities, but you wear one when shopping or at supermarket. You do go out to eat as long as servers are wearing masks.

5. Anti Masker: You don't wear a mask anywhere because it's your God given right not to and you don't think they work all that well. You tell people to buzz off if they criticize you.

I chose the Modified Howard Hughes method, it's the best way I can stay sane while protecting myself AND others. I have no problem with you no matter what approach you use since I don't interact with you anyway. :icon_wink:

I go with #2. So far I have not bought takeout food as I continue to read about too many restaurant workers testing positive for the Chinese virus.

Good choice. Just remember, to qualify for Modified Howard Hughes you do not enter any buildings other than your home. :)

Modified
 

Okay, I'm content being called a modified Howard, as long as saving my urine and toenail clippings isn't required.

#4 for me, myself and I, only outside at restraunts.

Wow another Modified Howard, wonder where all the full, modified and anti maskers are?

Maybe they are busy arguing in supermarket and face mask threads :)

PS. I think Hughes did not want anyone getting his DNA or something, probably incinerated his hair clippings too.

Very good, I have always felt that Modified Maskers are the most sensible of the bunch. :icon_wink:

I'm a 4 1/2. I don't wear a mask unless a store or business (like my dental or doctor's office) requests that one be worn. I go out to eat at restaurants, I follow social distancing rules like directional arrows in the store aisles and distancing marks in store checkout lines. I am fine going to the beach and I don't freak out if someone breaches my 3 feet of personal space on occasion. I also wear a mask if I am driving my elderly mother around.

I have attended concerts, sporting events, weddings, funerals, church services, amusement parks, fairs, cruises and all sorts of other crowded events during previous flu seasons and I would do the same thing now if I could (yes, I am aware that the Coronavirus is not the flu. However, it is also not as deadly as once feared). If things were to reopen fully I would go back to doing everything that I enjoy doing, no worries or apologies.

#3 seems like a charm for me...but I'll modify my behavior as I see fit....just because I don't like to be put in a friggin
pigeon hole

If you're modelling after Hughes I can imagine you threw out your nail clippers?!:icon_wink:

Good luck and God bless.

When you actually know people who have Covid and can hardly breathe when talking or are in the hospital, you might change your mind about wearing masks.

“He has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind” 11 Timothy 1:9 That being said I wear a mask to protect others.

I'm a 4.25. Wearing a mask inside depends on how many people there are. I've been in some stores where there were only a handful of people where its very easy to social distance even much further than 6 feet.

I'm a #4 and my wife's #3 but we will only get take out infrequently and don't go into restaurants to eat. I don't want to criticize but more mask wearing should equal less infections.