{"id":2456846,"date":"2020-04-06T22:56:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T04:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/john-colson-my-corona-an-occasional-diary-episode-1\/"},"modified":"2020-04-06T22:56:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T04:56:01","slug":"john-colson-my-corona-an-occasional-diary-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/john-colson-my-corona-an-occasional-diary-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"John Colson: My Corona \u00ad\u2014 an occasional diary, episode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 5, 2020 \u2014 Well, I\u2019ve given in. I\u2019ve started wearing a face mask and plastic gloves when I go out shopping, or strolling, or visiting, and I expect I\u2019ll even wear them when I start my warm-weather bicycling exercise program.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been wearing gloves of some sort ever since the coronavirus pandemic got started, at least when I\u2019m out and among the madding crowd, because I was convinced that the easiest way to get infected was through my hands. At the same time, I stuck with an early analysis that concluded that masks don\u2019t do much to stop you from breathing in little bits of virus if they\u2019re floating in the air around you.<\/p>\n

But the views about the efficacy of masks in stopping the viral bits in their tracks has been changing, and I\u2019ve decided that even if a mask is not that effective at keeping out the virus, I\u2019d rather err on the side of caution.<\/p>\n

Plus, just in case I\u2019m one of those who has been infected but don\u2019t know it and are asymptomatic, I find myself agreeing with the cautionary advice that a mask can help keep me from spreading the disease if I have it.<\/p>\n

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