These folks are in medicine and are type A controllers. They wanted to have adult children over for Christmas and have them sit outside. It was too cool apparently.
What did we do pre-Covid? During the age of polio, we changed into our play clothes after school, washed hands snd face before eating, and wore gloves a lot, especially when using handrails; I took the vaccine and remember seeing people who’d had polio.
In a hospital or in very close quarters in medical offices I can see the value.of masks. At a spa or the like, ok. I’ve long said that if you go to a hospital and aren’t sick, you’ll get sick. Ditto for air travel, which has led me to getting sick.
But for use everywhere? No. I’d prefer some kind of invention with light, like automatic doors with it.
The lockdown was supposed to prevent overwhelming hospitals, not prevent commerce and gatherings. What we have now is tyranny.
I’m a big fan of UV-c light, used in surgery cleaning and on naval vessels for the same reason. The Israelis (and with Cedars Sinai) are testing the using of UV-c light in the body to kill the virus; I’d read about this just prior to the President Trump’s dust up over “bleach.” It’s the “healight”. https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/26/pharmaceutical-firm-aytu-bioscience-testing-uv-lig/ . I hope this work goes somewhere and works.