On the title: Many cities with shelter-in-place orders, like San Fransisco, are advising residents to go out on walks on jogs provided they stay six feet apart from others. The White house hasn't advised against it, and according to the New York Times and NPR, exercise, provided it is within the guidelines of social distancing, is fine and likely beneficial to maintaining mental health during the crisis.
Sf resident here. I've only been out a few times to go shopping for necessities, and way too many people are out and despite store's efforts to enforce social distancing, everyone is ignoring it to their best ability.
Oh I agree. People aren't social distancing correctly. But you can go for a walk or a jog (provided you follow those rules) and so far residents in the Marina seem to be (in my opinion) pretty okay about it.
My city only got like less than 10 new cases per day (2 new cases today only), we putting social distancing too but it's pretty strict (only come out for necessaries like food and medicine) and if you come out for "entertainment", you'd get fined (two guys went fishing today, got fined by the police)
People just won't listen and think "I just go out for a bit, not many people are out anyways, it should be fine"
But guess what? Many people think like that and social distancing ends up being for nothing.
I'm saying people should listen to the CDC, WHO, and their local governments. It's really not for people on the internet to be giving medical advice during a pandemic on whether or not they should go outside. We don't get to decide what's safe and unsafe, expert epidemiologists do.
My reference to the Marina was based on what I saw at my parents place when the order first came down. I had to fly back to Hawaii because I couldn't access my medication. Correlation isn't causation. San Fransisco isn't necessarily suffering because the government didn't act fast enough, but just because it's a population dense city and was one of the first places in the United States to be infected. But that certainly isn't justification for giving people medical advice during a pandemic. People should listen to expert epidemiologists. I understand you're frustrated with people not listening to social distancing orders, but that doesn't mean you should make up your own orders. Pointing out that lots of people are infected in Hawaii or San Fransisco doesn't change that you shouldn't be doing that.
People just won't listen and think "I just go out for a bit, not many people are out anyways, it should be fine"
But guess what? Many people think like that and social distancing ends up being for nothing.