The dead are bushed an' stoned to keep 'em safe below

[sovay]

Rabbit, rabbit! I am having a great deal of difficulty with my state continuing to reopen as our delta cases spike. I was obliged to be inside two buildings for purposes of errands this afternoon and while I appreciated that more masks were in evidence than not, it did not make me feel as safe(r; safe as an absolute has been out of the question for some time now) as it might have even a month ago. I was just about the only person wearing a mask on the street. Somerville is recommending indoor masking, but not requiring it; Massachusetts as a whole has not reinstated the mask order it rescinded in May. We are officially no longer in a state of emergency. Please ignore the rates of community transmission blooming red across the map. It feels a bit like living in that blown-off splinter of reality in Diana Wynne Jones' Witch Week (1982), except I don't think there's much chance of merging into a healthier worldline. As of this week, spatch has returned to work in person. At least he is mostly interacting with dust.

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[asakiyume]

It was interesting on our journey to see where people masked, and who masked. The T has a recording on repeat telling people they're required to wear a mask on the platforms and in the trains, and I'd say 85 percent of people did. But then there's that other 15 percent.

The exhibit was almost open air (it was in a long, straight, open space that was open to the outdoors on both ends), and most people were unmasked in it--but almost everyone put a mask on to go into the bathrooms.

[sovay]

and I'd say 85 percent of people did. But then there's that other 15 percent.

I suppose it's better than the ratio being reversed, but aaaaaargh. I didn't even like being on the Metro in D.C. and it was functionally deserted.

The exhibit was almost open air (it was in a long, straight, open space that was open to the outdoors on both ends), and most people were unmasked in it--but almost everyone put a mask on to go into the bathrooms.

That's really interesting! Intelligent of the museum to commission an effectively open-air exhibit. (I'd still have masked for it.)

[asakiyume]

I didn't even like being on the Metro in D.C. and it was functionally deserted.

--We decided against a Green Line train that was just as packed as in the before times. We took the next one.