Daily Life

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Over the past month I’ve been ordering masks at varying price points to see which ones I like the best. So far I use N95 masks (left over from last year’s fires) at the grocery store, and basic two layer cloth masks everywhere else, when needed. When we’ll need to return to work, I’ll soon be getting sturdier cloth masks with filter inserts for intermediary protection.

Do you have a favorite brand of mask you wear? How much do they cost? Do they fog up your glasses? What do you like most about them?

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Life is strange. Massive lines at grocery stores. People wearing masks with social distancing warnings plastered around trails. If someone told you a year ago this would be the norm, how would you react? You’d think they’d be joking, right?

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In order to flatten the curve over the coronavirus pandemic, shelter-in-place orders with specific rules were put in place a couple of months ago. The order is being loosened slightly but indoor services provided by salons such as haircuts are still not permitted. Yet, as I was strolling in downtown Walnut Creek recently, I saw one barber giving a haircut to another person with yet another person, all on the older side, sitting inside. None of them were wearing masks. As I peered through the window incredulously, the barber came outside and told me he was giving a haircut to his friend.

Although this happened in the open, I’m sure this must be happening elsewhere in a more private setting. Should barbers and other salons be exempt from the Bay Area shelter-in-place orders?

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With kids and families stuck at home due to the shelter-in-place orders it’s no surprise to see more and more sidewalk chalk messages of hope during the trying times of Covid-19. This one says:

Together We Will Succeed – Enjoy the Flowers – Be Kind

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It seems like every time I visit Safeway and elsewhere, a new rule is in effect to combat the spread of the coronavirus during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the above photo you can see ONE WAY signs alternating directions each aisle. I waited for a cashier at the end of one aisle and another shopper told me she thought the signs were for waiting in line, but based on the wording “remember to stay 2 carts apart”, they are an attempt to force social separation which is pretty hard especially if the shopper in front of you is spending an inordinate amount of time mid-aisle and you want to pass to get something further down the aisle.

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