The only health check at the US border is a question about whether you've been ill. There are footprint decals on the ground warning to keep 6 feet/2 meters of distance, but the queue leads back across every kiosk and then zigzags, so there's no way to maintain lateral distance.
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When the fear goes down, the behaviors (chinstrap mask wearing, keeping your distance front and back but not laterally) become ritualized. But at least people know the safety behaviors! Presumably if they grow more afraid again, they'll become stricter in compliance.
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To me the Delta safety wipe is emblematic of our pandemic response. We will make token gestures, but Americans have also noticed that they're fairly safe right now outside of a nursing home, slaughterhouse, or a few metro areas, and you can't make them un-notice this.pic.twitter.com/SVk3LMJ8xY
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This is why I've been so adamant about using data from our surveillance economy to see what people are actually doing. Too much analysis focuses on what policy went into effect on what date. I'm way more interested in the behavioral changes that only intrusive spying can capture.
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I'll leave on a happy note, though. Lots of the masks I saw people wearing were decorative, including a bunch of camo masks for the tough guys. I heard one man compliment a woman on her U of Michigan mask. Go Wolverines! This is a good sign the social norm is getting established
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If I could Japanify America a bit right now, I would ask for this: - Stop eating in public - Speak quietly if at all in public - Install more plastic screens at checkouts - Have little kids wear masks too - Keep the mayo off the sushi
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Why are you in Utah? Are you opening a bar?
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