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Originally Posted by flybouy
I disagree, the "ultimate social distancing" is staying home. I "want" to go camping, I don't "have to go camping". JMHO
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Yup, so true. Even "unstructured dry camping in the forest" carries a risk to exposing others... Stop to pick up the things needed for the trip, stop to refuel the truck and get a 5 gallon can of gas for the generator, head out to a place where there's NOBODY for miles (so we're social distancing)….
Those trips to the grocery, to the gas station, to the forest.... All increase risk of exposure.
Then there's that "statistical data on breakdowns/vehicle recovery"... For every 100,000 vehicles on the road, 1% (just as an example) will have a flat tire requiring assistance, 1% will break down (example) requiring a tow truck, 1% will get stuck (example) in the forest and need help getting out.
That's 3% requiring assistance that increases exposure. 100,000 x 3% = 3,000 increased exposures.... Let's reduce that to half a percent that need help (6 times less): That's "only 500 increased exposures"...
OK, lets change all that to "only one person broke down or needed help"... If you or a member of your family was infected by the tow truck driver and wound up in the hospital..... So, IMHO, even 1 increased exposure is "1 too many".....
STAY HOME and reduce exposures if you can. It's your health AND MINE that you're putting at risk....
Ask me how I know? Gaylord, MI, (Otsego County) is the "traditional stopping off point" for travel along the I-75 corridor to the Upper Peninsula. ALL the counties around Otsego have significantly fewer COVID-19 cases than any county even "one removed from I-75. Causes for the difference? People who don't stay home and travel around, increasing risk for themselves and others.....
YMMV