Of course, I wear a mask the whole time and douse my hands thoroughly with hand sanitizer immediately previous to walking down the aisle to meet the Communicants, as well as afterwards.
Yes, because you are following what should be COMMON SENSE safety protocols. The fact that a lot of people seem to be incapable or unwilling to follow them seems to fly in the face of "common sense".
I spent 31 years working at a major research university with advanced labs that had all kinds of dangerous stuff in them. In many cases you couldn't get access to the lab spaces without first going through safety training (some rather extensive) and having your card key blessed to allow access. One third of one of the buildings required you wear a moon suit to actually enter the lab. The doors were plastered with all sorts of pretty stickers in various colors and shapes with numerical modifiers to indicate whether you were about to enter an area with chemical, biological, or radiological hazards or combinations of the same and how potentially dangerous the stuff was. Everyone took this very seriously and you either complied or looked to work elsewhere (like maybe the School of Public Policy or Literature). The signage was required by law. Too bad there aren't any laws that require you to read and understand them. I often marveled at some of the folks that would breeze through areas with signage that should have said in plain english, "YOU COULD DIE IF YOU GO THROUGH THIS AREA AND AREN'T CAREFUL".
I only had to suit up for the chip lab twice. That was enough for me. If they needed a system worked on, they had to pull it out of the lab. There was no way to realistically work on the systems when they were in the lab. Two much noise from the air handling equipment and it was extremely difficult to handle delicate equipment in the moon suit unless you did it on a daily basis (aka worked in the lab). These weren't even the "dangerous" labs. We had a nuclear reactor on site and that required NRC clearance on top of everything else. You learned the rules and followed them if not for your own sake then out of respect for those around you.
You would think that with 500,000 killed in about one year and multiple sequences of events showing that the mild safety protocols we are being ASKED to follow that it would be a no brainer. Nope. I don't see why I should have too. I don't want to. I am not going to. If nothing else we have demonstrated to our enemies that it's pretty easy to royally f*k ourselves over. You don't need fancy long range nuclear weapons systems. Just a contagious disease and we'll take care of the rest ouselves.
Re taking advice of any kind over the internet (or anywhere else). It's worth every penny you paid for it. As for guarantees similar rules. Life involves risks. You should try to always minimize the risks. To act otherwise is foolish no matter how dangerous your job/occupation. Last, doing nothing is not an excuse. If you do nothing and someone is injured or dies you are as morally as responsible as if you had done something. Maybe not "legally" but ethically.
