If I am on a lift with someone they need to assume they are from my pod shouldn’t they?Mask off on the lift is only OK if you are alone.
They have no idea that it's your wife on the chair w/ you....
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If I am on a lift with someone they need to assume they are from my pod shouldn’t they?Mask off on the lift is only OK if you are alone.
They have no idea that it's your wife on the chair w/ you....
Depends on the chair. You can have 2 unrelated singles on a quad.If I am on a lift with someone they need to assume they are from my pod shouldn’t they?
I do agee w/ you, BUT I believe their SOP is Masks are requied on lifts and in linesIf I am on a lift with someone they need to assume they are from my pod shouldn’t they?
Regardless of the chairDepends on the chair. You can have 2 unrelated singles on a quad.
maybe it was festival. But now he must see Landru. He is not of the body. You can't resist the will of Landru.I do agee w/ you, BUT I believe their SOP is Masks are requied on lifts and in lines
Regardless of the chair
If I am on a chair there is no reason to believe the person with me is uncomfortable of my mask status unless they are screaming from the chair
If they were that uptight they wouldn’t have loaded with me, a stranger
Use some common sense,
I know, it’s not common.
I do agee w/ you, BUT I believe their SOP is Masks are requied on lifts and in lines
I only ride with pod membersSo they have to tell you that they are uncomfortable? How about you just follow the rules and don’t put other people in that position.
You may not like the rules, but they are what they are.
A half full chair still doesn't mean the people are together. I've ridden a number of quad chairs this year with a complete stranger. Two of us on opposite sides of a chair means that chair is half loaded. So simply looking at the number of people on a chair tells you nothing about whether most people are riding chairs with only people they know.I only ride with pod members
Based on the number of half full chairs while lines are long indicates most people are too
Not if you weren’t comfortable you wouldn’t have toA half full chair still doesn't mean the people are together. I've ridden a number of quad chairs this year with a complete stranger. Two of us on opposite sides of a chair means that chair is half loaded. So simply looking at the number of people on a chair tells you nothing about whether most people are riding chairs with only people they know.
Not if you weren’t comfortable you wouldn’t have to
If I am asked I decline no matter who asks. Have had patrollers asked and have declined.
Sorry, I don’t know you means I don’t ride with you this year.
PS I give patrollers the right of next chair.
I think riding a chair alone verse riding a 4 with an unknown regardless of their mask status is safer. A six pack maybe but doubtful.Yes, but that wasn't my point at all. Just because you say no doesn't mean others do. Therefore you have no idea whether people are "together" or not just because they're on the same chair. Hence a lifty or patroller simply looking at a chair can't assume people know each other and rightly should tell people to put their mask on if they see it off if the rules at that resort state masks must be worn on lifts.
FWIW, I did say no this weekend once. A group of 2 wanted to get on a quad chair with me. I'm ok with another single getting on since there would be 2 empty seats between us, but only 1 empty seat was too close for my comfort.
Your take on this is a bit odd and contradictory. On the one hand you're using the rule that allows you to not ride with others if you don't want to (which I'm perfectly fine with you doing). Yet on the other hand you're saying the rule about wearing a mask on a lift shouldn't be enforced as employees should simply assume everyone on a chair knows each other. Shouldn't we advocate enforcing/following all rules and not just the ones you personally like/feel comfortable with?
I also don't agree with your assertion that someone uncomfortable with someone else on a chair taking off their mask would say something. When I get on a chair with someone else, I assume they're going to follow the rules and be respectful of others. However I'm not going to be confrontational if someone did take it off when I'm in a confined space on a chair with that person with nowhere to go.
I think riding a chair alone verse riding a 4 with an unknown regardless of their mask status is safer. A six pack maybe but doubtful.
Why would you put yourself in the position of getting on a chair with an unknown and taking the chance they won’t behave as you want them too?
We are on the same pageSerious for you. How many cases of spread, while riding a chairlift, or even standing in a lift line for that matter, have been documented?
I am unaware of any.
The key seems to be outdoors, some distance between people (regardless of if they are or aren't from the same party of people), and airflow.
Ski resort related outbreaks sure seem to be from the after skiing bar/party gatherings as opposed to the actual act of skiing/riding.
Case in point, the state of VT did on site rapid testing for those who wished to be tested at both Stratton and Bromley 2 Saturdays ago. Apparently there were 3 positives out of all the tests they did. You don't hear about the state of VT looking to quarantine the general public who may of been in the area where the testing was done.
There is plenty about this disease process that brings one's own personal comfort level with risk into the equation of how they go about their lives. There have also been so much information put out there by so many sources that frankly has been either false, or presented in an "absolutely worst cases scenario possible" way, something which is likely as probable as say being struck by lightening, for it to happen. 2 unrelated parties on a quad, or heck, even a triple, mask up or mask down, for the time it takes a typical lift to travel from its base terminal to its top terminal is probably of lower transmission risk than going to the grocery store. We have to keep the big picture perspective in mind, or else we will never get past this and get back to something close to "normal" again. The simple truth is that 20 years from now, there will still be people passing away from the COVID-19 virus, just like there are still today people passing away from the H1N1 virus, it will just be in very low numbers. That is just the realities of viruses, once they're here, they don't go away, and eventually we are able to control them enough so that the fatalities they cause are very minimal
I assume nothing this year and act like any unknown is an idiot.At this point in the pandemic, I generally assume some idiot who refuses to wear a mask already has antibodies from previous exposure and is probably safe. Nevertheless, I still refuse to ride the lift with strangers and ski only at night when the lifts are basically ski on.
I wonder how it is spreading in VT?
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They'll just make up tracking numbers.Now how is AnC Bio going to ship everything with the store being closed?
Even in places with good contact-tracing programs (emphatically not the US), what's the success rate on identifying the source of infections? I've read less than 50%, (but that wasn't well-sourced, so I'd be happy to learn otherwise if that's the case).Serious question for you. How many cases of spread, while riding a chairlift, or even standing in a lift line for that matter, have been documented?
I am unaware of any.
The key seems to be outdoors, some distance between people (regardless of if they are or aren't from the same party of people), and airflow.