Operating my life in smaller and rural population counties, and yet participating in larger communities and cities regularly....is has been my observation that the degree of social distancing is directly proportional to the size of the population.
The more rural the community...there is almost non-existent social distancing and use of PPE....with the exception for corporate-owned businesses (such as Caseys) and of course the elderly. Indeed, most rural citizens are scoffing at the whole social distancing effort.
The extreme other end is Iowa's larger cities, where both social distancing and use of PPE are far more common....and ever present is the social pressure to do so. Indeed, the number of people using PPE outdoors and in their vehicles is quite remarkable.
It's an interesting observation, and I think the results are equally intriguing.,......you would think that there would be rural Covid outbreaks, and that is not happening.
Some have made the argument that rural areas are more protected, but I don't buy that at all. Indeed when it comes to grocery stores and the "Walmarts", rural populations are being herded into just a small handful of retail outlets. From a percentage of the population, these are select petri dishes that should have be culturing the growth of covid. It is not.
Just throwing an observation out there.
(In my opinion.)
The more rural the community...there is almost non-existent social distancing and use of PPE....with the exception for corporate-owned businesses (such as Caseys) and of course the elderly. Indeed, most rural citizens are scoffing at the whole social distancing effort.
The extreme other end is Iowa's larger cities, where both social distancing and use of PPE are far more common....and ever present is the social pressure to do so. Indeed, the number of people using PPE outdoors and in their vehicles is quite remarkable.
It's an interesting observation, and I think the results are equally intriguing.,......you would think that there would be rural Covid outbreaks, and that is not happening.
Some have made the argument that rural areas are more protected, but I don't buy that at all. Indeed when it comes to grocery stores and the "Walmarts", rural populations are being herded into just a small handful of retail outlets. From a percentage of the population, these are select petri dishes that should have be culturing the growth of covid. It is not.
Just throwing an observation out there.
(In my opinion.)
