Herb, the post you made, and I say this as one who has had things taken with far different intent than how they were intended, carried a somewhat selfish air of "I'm an ex-marine tough guy Semper Fi and all of you who wear masks are wimps and wusses. I'm a MAN and I won't wear a mask." Well, consider that you also live in a town where the "entering" and "Leaving sign are what, 45 feet apart, vs where most of us who are taking every precaution live. I have never lived in a "we don't even lock our doors" place. I always lived in a "we keep the gun right by the door" places. In fact I have never lived in a "town". Akron is the smallest city I have ever lined in and we are just short of 200,000 people. You mentioned hearing gunfire regularly because people have shooting ranges on their acreage. Most cities don't have acreage, and the gunfire we hear regularly is aimed at people. With population density comes increased awareness of something that IS at epidemic proportions. This isn't "like the flu". This kills people. And all it takes is one cement head in a store without a mask who may be carrying the virus with no symptoms to exponentially infects thousands. So yes, in the city we wear masks. And get vaccinated. Especially as the number of candles on the cake increases. Mine will have 70 3 months from now. I am also diabetic. I hit most of the "likely victims" boxes, so when we are 2 feet apart in a store, put your frickin' mask on and keep your exhausted breath over there.

I have never known you to be confrontational so I am sure that you didn't mean to make a post that could have been interpreted as a raised middle finger, though I see how it could be read that way. As one who has started a lot of those conversations, particularly about the value of theory and the relative merit of writing vs playing only covers, I am quite aware of how thin that line is.

FYI. My hometown. It doesn't show actual numbers, just comparisons with 100 being the norm.