Saturday, June 27, 2020
covid notes 6
I am inconsistent in my behavior. I don’t mean to be, and I think I am
mostly careful. But sometimes I forget. Sometimes I socialize with others, and
if you were to get out a tape measure, it would be clear that this is more like
four feet, not six, but we are outside, so maybe it’s OK? I touch things
without meaning to. I try to sanitize my hands the second I leave the grocery
store or post office, but as I drive away, I realize I didn’t and then have to
hold sanitizer in my head until I can
stop.
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A local superintendent called it the swiss cheese theory. Six feet apart, you have one piece of swiss cheese and there's tons of holes. Add a mask, and that's another piece. Hand sanitizer and not touching your face, another piece. Eventually you have enough pieces of cheese that there aren't visible holes. This will be our philosophy going back to school in the fall. But while this would work with adults, I think that children take bites of cheese.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. (I like cheese too, but should cut back.)
DeleteI am enjoying these snippets. Although maybe "enjoy" is not the best word. I guess what I mean to say is that I'm glad you're writing again and that I get to read your writing again. And I am mentally saying "me too!" a lot of the time.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why I'm showing up as "Unknown"... says mystified Helen.
ReplyDeleteOh, I feel terrible: as I was writing the previous comment, I heard something hit the window. When I went out to investigate, a dead bird--at least I assume it was dead--was lying on the steps. This has never happened before. Now I need to ask Google what to do to ensure this doesn't happen again.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad Unknown is you, Helen! Was hoping. I swear I am so confused about how Blogger works these days. It keeps doing weird visual things to my copy, and when I go to try to change it, it just gets weirder. So, sorry everyone! I just spent way too much time trying to figure out why my titles were suddenly underlined and blue instead of just solid black. Fuck it. I give up.
ReplyDeleteIt is so easy to forget. Constant vigilance is exhausting. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way -- usually very careful, but when we have friends over, after the first few awkward moments we take our masks off and probably don't stand 6 feet apart.
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