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Enjoying The Outdoors
Oct. 9th, 2020 08:54 pmJust came back from a walk, which I greatly enjoyed. I walked up to a nearby park and back.
It's kind of a pain to wear a face mask and face shield everywhere, but I do think it's a good idea so I always do it. While neither of those can guarantee that I won't catch covid-19, I think there is compelling evidence that they greatly reduce that probability, and that's good enough for me, especially since I try to do that in conjunction with physical distancing and frequent handwashing. I also understand that being outdoors, especially in warmer weather, reduces the chance of catching the virus. Since the main form of covid-19 transmission is airborne, being outdoors is probably usually going to tend to be better than being indoors since there's maximal ventilation.
I haven't really gotten sick with anything at all that I've noticed, so I think that my quarantine techniques have been pretty effective, since in recent years it's been fairly normal for me to get sick a few times a year. This quarantine period has so far actually been more like certain other periods of my life where I could go a year or more without getting sick at all. Probably because I've reduced my contact with other people even more than I did at those times. But now I think I actually understand *why* I got sick more in some periods of my life than others. When I was younger I used to think I didn't get sick much because I had a strong immune system, and while I do think my immune system is reasonably robust, I think it's much more likely to have been the intense social isolation. I was literally social distancing, lol.
It's kind of a pain to wear a face mask and face shield everywhere, but I do think it's a good idea so I always do it. While neither of those can guarantee that I won't catch covid-19, I think there is compelling evidence that they greatly reduce that probability, and that's good enough for me, especially since I try to do that in conjunction with physical distancing and frequent handwashing. I also understand that being outdoors, especially in warmer weather, reduces the chance of catching the virus. Since the main form of covid-19 transmission is airborne, being outdoors is probably usually going to tend to be better than being indoors since there's maximal ventilation.
I haven't really gotten sick with anything at all that I've noticed, so I think that my quarantine techniques have been pretty effective, since in recent years it's been fairly normal for me to get sick a few times a year. This quarantine period has so far actually been more like certain other periods of my life where I could go a year or more without getting sick at all. Probably because I've reduced my contact with other people even more than I did at those times. But now I think I actually understand *why* I got sick more in some periods of my life than others. When I was younger I used to think I didn't get sick much because I had a strong immune system, and while I do think my immune system is reasonably robust, I think it's much more likely to have been the intense social isolation. I was literally social distancing, lol.