Time for Camping?

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Originally posted by lostagain

Well disbursed camping is probably one of the first things that can open since people generally do not congregate in large groups.  The problem is going to be with activities associated with camping such as visiting tourist destinations, eating in restaurants along the way to and from, etc.  Hiking, trail use, and fishing are not high risk activities, unless you get into trouble and need assistance.  
For myself, I would be fine with going to a sparsely used campground, going on quiet walks, maybe a short bike ride, and sitting around reading, none of which is a high exposure activity.  Using the public facilities, such as water spigots and the bathroom facilities, is another matter.  So are very crowded campgrounds since they inherently involve close proximity to others and shared facilities and, like the open beaches, people don't seem to be able to resist the party on behavior throwing caution to the wind. 

Between the two extremes of opening everything and pretending this invisible killer doesn't exist and closing down everything, there are reasonable compromises and actions that can be taken that make the risks acceptable, but each situation has to be evaluated given its particular circumstances.  What is reasonable should be guided by the advice of epidemiologists not by those with a political agenda.  

We are really like teenagers engaging in risky behavior thinking that bad s...t only happens to others.  Life doesn't work that way.

I've held back from commenting, but please Fred.. Stick to what is opening and leave your views of how we 'should' behave to a different thread. I, as a few others, are tried of hearing this. A different thread please... 