When I was walking my dog this AM a couple who live a few houses from me were walking in on the same street going in the opposite direction across the street, I said good morning to them and the elderly wife ( both are in their late 70's) immediately put on her mask despite being 15 to 20 feet from me. I ask her why she did that her reply was that they lost so many friends to Covid. I told her that the virus couldn't exist outside in the open air (the wind was blowing at the time) and that the news media is scaring people into thinking they needed masks on even outside. Her husband wasn't wearing a mask a nodding his head in agreement with me. I was going to tell her that here in Arizona on windy days that there are pollens, dust, and other spores in the air but if I did that she would have put her mask back on after she took it off to talk to me at the distance we were at.

I have underlying issues, one is the vaccine, two Az,
three J&j.

I fo not start controvery, but am not above jumping into the mix. My usual response about taking vaccine, "No way in hell!" Tell them I hope it works for them, but they are safe, no matter what I do. I do not add that they will likely die or become zombies in a year or so.