While I was out for a jog one morning last week, there was a moment when two garbage trucks stopped on my block at the same time. One truck was picking up recyclables while the other collected trash.
As I jogged past, I saw several sanitation workers in action. Each worker was African American, and none of them were particularly young. They looked to be in their forties or early fifties.
Another way to interpret this is that these workers belong to a demographic group that has been disproportionately susceptible to the most severe impacts of Covid-19.
And yet, not one of them wore a mask.
If I had to handle one family’s trash, I would take extraordinary steps to protect myself. These folks were out there collecting residential refuse from hundreds of households. Aside from wearing gloves, they seemed to throw caution to the wind.
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