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I should be sensible, *sigh*
The Arnold Arboretum, which in normal years would be having a combination Mother's Day and lilac celebration today, now has signs advising "Please enjoy the lilacs from a distance. Treat the lilacs like any other surface that can spread COVID-19."
I can't get to the Arboretum right now anyway, because it's a multi-part trip on mass transit. What I'm considering is walking around my own neighborhood some time in the next few days, probably early when even fewer people will be around, and standing near and smelling lilacs in people's yards. If I do this, I will have a bandanna with me, to put on if anyone comes nearby. I don't think just walking down the sidewalk next to a lilac bush is higher-risk than taking the other side of the street, and so far social distancing is mostly working for walking around this part of Belmont. I'd be going early because it will be chillier, so the man down the street is less likely to be reading in his lawn chair near the sidewalk, children are less likely to be out playing, and so on.
The Arnold Arboretum, which in normal years would be having a combination Mother's Day and lilac celebration today, now has signs advising "Please enjoy the lilacs from a distance. Treat the lilacs like any other surface that can spread COVID-19."
I can't get to the Arboretum right now anyway, because it's a multi-part trip on mass transit. What I'm considering is walking around my own neighborhood some time in the next few days, probably early when even fewer people will be around, and standing near and smelling lilacs in people's yards. If I do this, I will have a bandanna with me, to put on if anyone comes nearby. I don't think just walking down the sidewalk next to a lilac bush is higher-risk than taking the other side of the street, and so far social distancing is mostly working for walking around this part of Belmont. I'd be going early because it will be chillier, so the man down the street is less likely to be reading in his lawn chair near the sidewalk, children are less likely to be out playing, and so on.