Regarding the umbrella/mask analogy—maybe it would be helpful to have a concept of “raining” that would give people the tools to make decisions about the quality of PPE to wear on any given day. For instance, continuing the umbrella metaphor, there are also galoshes, disposable ponchos, heavy duty umbrellas with varying degrees of wind-proofing, etc. Ephemeral conditions that might help people decide what kind of PPE (if any) to use might be CO2 levels in indoor spaces, case counts, etc. As much as we’d all like to be 100% safe every day, there are significant ecological costs to using PPE that’s only supposed to be reused at most five times.
Regarding the umbrella/mask analogy—maybe it would be helpful to have a concept of “raining” that would give people the tools to make decisions about the quality of PPE to wear on any given day. For instance, continuing the umbrella metaphor, there are also galoshes, disposable ponchos, heavy duty umbrellas with varying degrees of wind-proofing, etc. Ephemeral conditions that might help people decide what kind of PPE (if any) to use might be CO2 levels in indoor spaces, case counts, etc. As much as we’d all like to be 100% safe every day, there are significant ecological costs to using PPE that’s only supposed to be reused at most five times.