{"id":2853,"date":"2020-12-06T01:51:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T01:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2020-12-06T01:51:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T01:51:17","slug":"new-mask-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2020\/12\/06\/new-mask-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"New mask mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I admit I don\u2019t wear a mask at all times when I am outdoors so this is a new expectation. I wonder if the \u201cjust do it\u201d approach is intended to keep things simple. There is a new expectation that masks be worn outside<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I try to walk outside for exercise and I don\u2019t wear a mask. We live a few blocks from a park and walking through the park offers an alternative to walking the streets (no sidewalks). City or not, I probably average crossing paths with less than a hand full of people on most outings and most would be on the other side of the street. The park actually generates the closest proximity as the paths are maybe 6 feet wide and I stay on the paths to avoid ice and snow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have very limited needs for socialization so I prefer to say hi as I pass rather than pause to complain about the Vikings or the cold. Walking is a great opportunity to listen to podcasts so I don\u2019t like to walk with Cindy because she would probably want to talk and ruin my concentration. She also walks too fast. Again, speed is not conducive to concentration. Talking and fast walking – not good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, is my situation cause for concern or is the \u201call masked, all the time\u201d suggestion just a way to communicate without complexity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I admit I don\u2019t wear a mask at all times when I am outdoors so this is a new expectation. I wonder if the \u201cjust do it\u201d approach is intended to keep things simple. There is a new expectation that … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2854,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853\/revisions\/2854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}