Where do you wear a mask these days ? COVID numbers are on the rise This was included in an article by Dr Jeremy Faust , an ER physician who has never had COVID. It is a small minority if you never have had COVID
1. Airplanes, most of the time (with exceptions for eating and drinking)
2. Other public transport, such as the New York City subway
3. Rideshares such as Uber and Lyft (he rolls down the window if he's snacking or sipping coffee)
4. Stuffy public bathrooms ( Dr Jeremy Faust( an ER physician ) wore his mask when he went to the bathroom at the US Open, where the restroom was "indoors, crowded, and kind of gross.") Faust told Insider he also brought his mask to restaurants "just for the restroom" because they tend to be tiny spaces without much air movement
5. The pharmacy because "that's literally where sick people go to pick up Paxlovid"
6. The hospital, though he makes exceptions when he wants to say hello to a patient with his whole face or emphasize a point
7. At home, when members of his family are sick with illnesses like COVID
"Putting on a mask in some crowded settings but not others is not a contradiction, nor is it virtue signaling, nor an exercise in futility; It is harm reduction," Faust said in his post. "Taking this measure (and upping my hand hygiene game) continues to help me avoid the sheer inconvenience of getting sick, to say nothing of any misery or health risks I may face."
He said he wouldn't feel "cheated by the universe" if he did catch the virus as a result of taking some more risks recently, such as going for a two-hour meal indoors with friends while in New York, where he said there was "no mask in sight."
Recent research does suggest that COVID-19 infection risks rise the longer you are exposed to someone who's sick with the virus, meaning he'd probably be more likely to get COVID-19 from a friend than a stranger at the US Open.