The virus issue is a real pain, I myself do not wear a mask. Have only worn one for 5 minutes when it was time to change the tires out and I needed to go inside to pay the bill. Found out on the second trip that they would come get my card from outside and then I did not need to wear a mask.

At a guess and purely from observation when I am shopping only about 25% of the people in the stores wear mask. It was only recently that one store began requiring employees to wear a mask that we shop at.

If a person is healthy there is no need to wear a mask. We exhale for a reason, we sneeze for a reason and we cough for a reason, that is to remove harmful things to us from our system. Re-breathing all that crap we are trying to remove can not be that healthy of a thing to do. I also have some breathing issue since the lung cancer and loss of half a lung. Every breath I take is important.

I still believe normal flu prevention such as wiping your hands down with rubbing alcohol after shopping does help. I am the primary shopper, perhaps I have just been lucky and not come in contact with the virus, or I am immune to it because I already had it, who knows. It's the flu or a flu type virus, I just hope my luck holds until this is all over.

I am somewhat happy with how the state of Alaska is handling it and mostly leaving it up to the burrows and municipalities on what measures they want to take.