A friend of mine flew home to Orlando from Dallas where he had been attending a conference since Sunday. There were quite a number of people on the plane wearing masks. He had been busy at the conference and hadn’t watched much news so was quite taken aback at all the face masks.
Well, I suppose that someone could get so engrossed in a conference that they might lose track of daily events. I've been to lots of out of town conventions, and have always found at least a few minutes a day to keep up with major events.