Retail stores may have signs in the windows requesting that patrons wear masks, but no one inside is wearing them.
Years-old stickers asking customers to stand six feet apart in line are faded, worn and ignored.
The occasional storefronts in major cities advertise free Covid-19 testing, though the spaces inside are empty.
And the virus is still disrupting work, school and politics: A Covid outbreak tied to a City Council meeting in Nashville this month left more than a dozen people infected, including council members, city employees and at least one reporter.
“I haven’t really had to think about the phrase ‘superspreader event’ in a long time.”
Persons:
“, we’ve, ”, Michael T, Freddie O’Connell, hasn’t, ” Mr, O’Connell
Organizations:
Infectious Disease, University of Minnesota
Locations:
Nashville