“It’s literally like living in a foreign culture. Everyone running around so full of fear, I don’t know how to act around them.”
Yes, that’s exactly how I feel going to the store these days.
That’s very surprising. I went to the supermarket Thursday, and while a lot of people were wearing masks, they were also lingering in the aisles chatting with workers, no visible terror among them. I saw absolutely no one scowling at or scolding anyone who was not wearing a mask. They were doing the things shoppers always do, telling their partner to go pick up something they forgot in another aisle, calling home to see if the shopping list was right, etc. People seemed to be taking the disease seriously, and a few of them looked nervous, but for most it seemed to be just regular shopping, plus maybe a mask.