12-05-2020, 10:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-05-2020, 11:02 AM by OutsiderFan.)
Some anecdotal evidence of behavior change...
This morning I went to the Sunnyvale Farmer's Market. I don't want to go down the correlation does not equal causation road, and claim that the enhanced restrictions are THE direct cause and have "that" argument, but there was a noticeably smaller number of people at the market vs. what I have seen over previous several weeks.
It is a fact that growing season for most produce, especially vegetables is passed, but it is as much fact that there are a lot of prepared foods and other non fresh produce vendors that get a lot of customers at the market. It seemed to me the cause for the drop-off in traffic was more directly attributable to the current Covid surge and restrictions than anything else. If so, my point here is people are heeding the warnings around these parts at least.
One more thing. I was completely shocked how many people I saw wearing masks in their cars this morning. I've seen that a few times before, but this morning this in-car mask wearing was as noticeable as the drop in traffic at the market.
This morning I went to the Sunnyvale Farmer's Market. I don't want to go down the correlation does not equal causation road, and claim that the enhanced restrictions are THE direct cause and have "that" argument, but there was a noticeably smaller number of people at the market vs. what I have seen over previous several weeks.
It is a fact that growing season for most produce, especially vegetables is passed, but it is as much fact that there are a lot of prepared foods and other non fresh produce vendors that get a lot of customers at the market. It seemed to me the cause for the drop-off in traffic was more directly attributable to the current Covid surge and restrictions than anything else. If so, my point here is people are heeding the warnings around these parts at least.
One more thing. I was completely shocked how many people I saw wearing masks in their cars this morning. I've seen that a few times before, but this morning this in-car mask wearing was as noticeable as the drop in traffic at the market.