[Griffins78]

For evaluating activities, I tend to use the 4 Cs: closed spaces where air dispersement is limited, crowded spaces where the number of contacts is high (and therefore the probability of encountering a COVID-19 positive person) close contact where social distancing is difficult, and concentration of time where the duration of the exposure is high. That being said, there are many risk factors that can increase or decrease the riskiness of a particular activity. High on the list is the probability that the people I encounter will be COVID-19 positive. Every time we encounter someone outside our bubble, I feel we're exposed to everyone inside their bubble. If they are not careful or the others in their bubble are not careful, then I feel I just expanded my bubble to include all of those people and will be exposing everyone in my bubble as well.

We've considered whether to get personal services, e.g., hair cut, nails, massage, etc. but then we take into account, everyone they're seeing too - people we don't know. Now that the numbers of people testing positive have increased significantly, the likelihood that someone within those bubbles is positive is too high for us to take the risk.

Theoretically, if we have friends that are just as careful as us, we might expand our bubble to include them - perhaps for a visit. But, the jump in positive cases has most recently been frequently attributed to in home gatherings. Makes me concerned about that too.

[Griffins78]

For evaluating activities, I tend to use the 4 Cs: closed spaces where air dispersement is limited, crowded spaces where the number of contacts is high (and therefore the probability of encountering a COVID-19 positive person) close contact where social distancing is difficult, and concentration of time where the duration of the exposure is high. That being said, there are many risk factors that can increase or decrease the riskiness of a particular activity. High on the list is the probability that the people I encounter will be COVID-19 positive. Every time we encounter someone outside our bubble, I feel we're exposed to everyone inside their bubble. If they are not careful or the others in their bubble are not careful, then I feel I just expanded my bubble to include all of those people and will be exposing everyone in my bubble as well.

We've considered whether to get personal services, e.g., hair cut, nails, massage, etc. but then we take into account, everyone they're seeing too - people we don't know. Now that the numbers of people testing positive have increased significantly, the likelihood that someone within those bubbles is positive is too high for us to take the risk.

Theoretically, if we have friends that are just as careful as us, we might expand our bubble to include them - perhaps for a visit. But, the jump in positive cases has most recently been frequently attributed to in home gatherings. Makes me concerned about that too.