Covid social distancing markers

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My state has been dropping all covid restrictions but one thing that I have noticed does remain are the social distancing markers in banks, stores, the post office etc. Do you still have social distancing markers where you live? I wonder why they are keeping those while letting everything else go? šŸ¤”
 

My state has been dropping all covid restrictions but one thing that I have noticed does remain are the social distancing markers in banks, stores, the post office etc. Do you still have social distancing markers where you live? I wonder why they are keeping those while letting everything else go? šŸ¤”
many here have been gone a long time worn off or just done with it..... some may have spent more on long lasting and my bet is many places are gun shy that the mandates will return etc and they just do not want the hassle of reinstalling.
 
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Yes stores here have them but it has become kind of slap-dash. Maybe one, as a reminder, at the register or anywhere else people have to wait. No more one-way aisles though.
 

Even during the height of the pandemic, I have seen folks completely ignoring these markers. These days, if there are any around, I don't see anyone looking down and following those arrows. They are all, instead, looking at their phones for some reason or other. Me, I look for the specials along the shelves; don't care for those markers and I am certainly not following them. It's time to get rid of them and MOVE FORWARD. Moving forward the the new catch-phrase of the beloved media. So, folks, let's MOVE FORWARD
 
There are still markers on the floor in many places around here, and I respect them & notice others doing so also.Many people are still wearing masks in stores in addition to the employees. I’ve never felt comfortable being crowded in lines, rather keep a good arms length away. I admit to preferring a larger than average amount of ā€œpersonal spaceā€.
 
Here, those markers are usually still adhered to. However, no one ever obeyed the stores' one-way markers. To do that would have required adding a few miles (and maybe an hour or so) to our visit to the supermarket. I never saw anyone obeying them, and they just quietly disappeared.

However, I'm glad to see the Covid restrictions gradually easing up. That's a good sign.
 
Yes stores here have them but it has become kind of slap-dash. Maybe one, as a reminder, at the register or anywhere else people have to wait. No more one-way aisles though.
They dropped one way aisles here a long time ago. But, we do still have the six feet apart markers just about everywhere. I do abide by them but wonder when we'll get permission to tighten that distance. We still have plexi glass barriers between cashiers and customers in many stores but not all. That seems kind of outmoded too.
 
They dropped one way aisles here a long time ago. But, we do still have the six feet apart markers just about everywhere. I do abide by them but wonder when we'll get permission to tighten that distance. We still have plexi glass barriers between cashiers and customers in many stores but not all. That seems kind of outmoded too.
LOL - For a few weeks, CVS had big plastic sheets hanging from the ceiling, blowing around in the air-conditioner breeze.
They had a big cut where you stick your hand through to get your medication.......but it only let your hand through; not any virus.
 
LOL - For a few weeks, CVS had big plastic sheets hanging from the ceiling, blowing around in the air-conditioner breeze.
They had a big cut where you stick your hand through to get your medication.......but it only let your hand through; not any virus.
That's why the plexiglass at the cashier's seems silly because you do stick your hand through which is why I wonder why some places persist with this? :unsure:
 
That's why the plexiglass at the cashier's seems silly because you do stick your hand through which is why I wonder why some places persist with this? :unsure:
very good plexi glass salesmen ...
I always wondered what a waste cleaning with some cleaners make them foggy and scratched etc.
they will eventually taken down and in trash ...

this whole Covid thing tripled litter around my area so many masks and wipes in parking lots etc.
 
very good plexi glass salesmen ...
I always wondered what a waste cleaning with some cleaners make them foggy and scratched etc.
they will eventually taken down and in trash ...

this whole Covid thing tripled litter around my area so many masks and wipes in parking lots etc.
We've got discarded masks everywhere. It's filthy and disgusting. Why aren't environmentalists complaining about this?
 
We've got discarded masks everywhere. It's filthy and disgusting. Why aren't environmentalists complaining about this?
some may be but it certainly is not mainstream .... we will now get various lectures about it in future.
No one wanted to pick up items thinking they were "infected".

It is not everyone that did this but some who were so afraid they wanted their own shadow to stay 6 feet away.

I watched a couple look like they were doing a space mission while wiping all their groceries down before putting them in their car then discarding all the "protective gear ...gloves masks ..wipes in parking lot and drove away .....
I remember thinking "it is all about Public health and your fellow citizen" the irony was hilarious.
 
My state has been dropping all covid restrictions but one thing that I have noticed does remain are the social distancing markers in banks, stores, the post office etc. Do you still have social distancing markers where you live?
Yep, but its been at least a year since anyone has paid any attention to them... and since we have had any Covid restrictions.
I wonder why they are keeping those while letting everything else go?
Easier than removing?
 
At least they did away with those stupid one-way markers in the store aisles.

Yep, but its been at least a year since anyone has paid any attention to them... and since we have had any Covid restrictions.

Easier than removing?
They one-way markers were the decision of the store owners here. Walmart still has the faded ones. Nobody follows that yet last month a smart-ass man and his son spoke in my direction saying ā€˜some people aren’t following the rules.’ He obviously hadn’t shopped there in months; his wife probably would have been aware of changes. (Yeah, I wanted to make a snarky comment to him but didn’t.). That rule hasn’t been enforced for months. I’m sure the markers will be removed when they do the annual floor cleaning.
 
Spacing for lines still makes sense. Covid is spread is airborne. The closer you are, the more concentrated it is.

If I were a cashier Iā€˜d appreciate maintaining the plastic guards. It blocks the direct flow of air. I don’t understand the comments thinking they should be removed.
 
Spacing for lines still makes sense. Covid is spread is airborne. The closer you are, the more concentrated it is.

If I were a cashier Iā€˜d appreciate maintaining the plastic guards. It blocks the direct flow of air. I don’t understand the comments thinking they should be removed.

If people or businesses feel they are needed so be it ...
i just feel they will eventually remove them ............as you pointed out may deflect direct flow of air but how long a aerosol is in air is more reliant on air circulation then plastic small barrier.... They were more a show of we are trying then actual clear prevention. Not sure if they were placating staff or public or both... see article below.

Does plexiglass help? It’s still not clear​

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-06-10/does-plexiglass-prevent-covid-spread
Plexiglass is everywhere. Retail stores, restaurants, schools and offices raced to erect clear plastic shields when the pandemic hit. U.S. sales tripled to roughly $750 million last spring, in the rush for protection from the droplets that health authorities suspected were spreading the coronavirus.

Just one hitch: To this day, not a single study has shown that the clear plastic barriers actually control the virus, according to Harvard’s Joseph Allen, an indoor-air researcher who calls the plexiglass shields ā€œhygiene theater.ā€
 


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