Take a walk. Take a hike. Grab the dog. Get some fresh air.
It’s good advice, and Gov. DeWine and Dr. Acton have mentioned it themselves. Fresh air is one of the few salves in this otherwise dire and stressful period of quarantine, but people here and elsewhere seem to think that just because you’re outside means that you don’t have to follow good safety guidelines.
Reports of packed parks — the Metroparks, dog parks, any expanse of green grass, it would seem — were frequent last week, and similar observations have been made about folks in New York who have picnicked like it’s any old spring day or people in D.C. who stood shoulder-to-shoulder to check out the cherry blossoms or ostensibly intelligent human beings who jogged within feet of each other, huffing and puffing, around Chicago.
Don’t be those people. Give wide — perhaps extra, extra wide berths — to anyone you see on the sidewalk or path. Perhaps choose another spot if your first, second or even third choice looks pretty crowded. Be courteous. Be safe. Don’t be an asshole.
This article appears in Mar 25-31, 2020.
If you swear the kids will think you’re cool. Dr. Acton should try this approach.
No, you’re the asshole. GTF off this site.
Go watch a video or something, asshole
He probably smokes cigarettes, too! Edgy! And Cool!!
The Governor got this recommendation to go to your local metro parks all wrong. I believe this is going to create a much bigger spike in virus infection than they anticipate. They have no clue that this has created one of the largest consolidated gatherings in the state. Beaches along the lake were also packed.
Looking at the above comments I see why even the metro parks has to warn idiots not to congregate. Stupid is as stupid does
SCENE staff:
If your brotherjournalists at your sister paper in Detroit have the balls, why the hell don’t you?
Metro Times Comment Policy:
Don’t be a jerk or else we will ban you.
Best Headline Ever!!
Somehow .. Someway .. Someone needs to grab the public’s attention & get them to see how important it is to stand six feet apart on God’s good green earth to prevent them from ending up six feet under God’s good green earth!! 🤦♀️
Loved the article … 🤷♀️
Too late. Too many jerks phoning all their friends so they can meet up in big groups and clog the parking lots and trails while staring at their screens and saying: “Me? Sick? Hell, no. It won’t happen to MEEE! You sick?”
That’s why the Fort Hill Steps in the Rocky River Reservation are now closed off. They were packed with stupids last Sunday, milling around and blocking the trails. Fat bitches, all in black and with glitter on their faces, who never stopped looking at their phones and wouldn’t get out of the way. Groups of yammering teens. Thanks, assholes.
You clowns will really wish you’d paid attention when summer comes and it’s hot and every outdoor recreation area in Ohio, including the beaches, is off limits–because you wouldn’t listen to Unca Mike back in March and April. Thanks. A lot.
Hocking Hills today, Cleveland Metroparks tomorrow. Wonderful.
Thanks, a-holes, for not staying home and watching torture porn.