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Originally Posted by Billfish715
Approximately 1200 people can occupy 1 acre of land if they are each spaced at 6 feet apart. How many acres are there in the smallest state park? In a park that has only 50 acres (very small by any standard) 60,000 people can stand six feet apart and occupy the entire 50 acres. 60,000 people is a huge number. How many people are we talking about who are walking, biking, jogging and otherwise occupying space in your favorite local or state park?
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This is incredibly fuzzy math. You would have to calculate the actual available, accessible areas in a park, ie the parking lot, trails, open spaces off of trails, shorelines etc that don't require bushwhacking to access.
And regardless of how much acreage there is available to park goers, there are bottlenecks within any space that people congregate. That is where social distancing + masks are vital...and I'm not seeing it. Other people aren't seeing it. Photos of blatant disregard for social distancing and mask wearing is all over social media.
With all due respect, people should absolutely report what they're seeing at parks and other public places, and hopefully the governor is indeed watching and keeping tabs on how people are behaving during this experiment. We don't know how many have been infected, we don't know how many are asymptomatic carriers, we don't have nearly enough antigen or diagnostic tests and everyone have vulnerable family members who are at risk.
