[Goose]

For a while I thought facemask wearing in the Bay area was going up. As of today, I don't think that. Driving to the grocery store today I saw many people walking on city streets in basically a crowd. No masks. You can go to a "restaurant" (apparently Starbucks qualifies) and eat outdoors without a face mask. As I understood it, everybody at the table needs to live in the same house. Today I saw about 15 bike riders (obviously not from the same family unit) who had finished their communal ride drinking coffee sitting around a big table right next to (and across from) each other gabbing away. None of them were wearing masks, and none were even in evidence. Unlike some, I don't believe face masks are a "game changer". I do believe they help, and not wearing them is a big problem. This isn't in Georgia or in Texas. This is right here in the Bay Area.

[Goose]

For a while I thought facemask wearing in the Bay area was going up. As of today, I don't think that. Driving to the grocery store today I saw many people walking on city streets in basically a crowd. No masks. You can go to a "restaurant" (apparently Starbucks qualifies) and eat outdoors without a face mask. As I understood it, everybody at the table needs to live in the same house. Today I saw about 15 bike riders (obviously not from the same family unit) who had finished their communal ride drinking coffee sitting around a big table right next to (and across from) each other gabbing away. None of them were wearing masks, and none were even in evidence. Unlike some, I don't believe face masks are a "game changer". I do believe they help, and not wearing them is a big problem. This isn't in Georgia or in Texas. This is right here in the Bay Area.