I'm Yale Straub and you're listening to She Explorers.

I think you can be safe and outdoors. I think that's totally possible.

It just takes some creativity.

That's a big thing that needs to happen more now is just, you know, increased mindfulness of power moving through the world.

Definitely lead by example and you know really try to understand and be empathetic with our overall public health objective.

It's definitely not going to be a linear process and I think we're really in it for the long haul.

So we need to get comfortable with communication, with figuring out our personal ethics,

figuring out our personal ethics,

figuring out our community standards,

and living up to those.

A lot of us here in the United States

look back at the middle of March as a pivot point for when life changed.

The COVID-19 pandemic had already hit and if cities and states hadn't been taking it seriously before, they were forced to them.

If you live here, you probably already know this story,

and that it doesn't have an ending yet.

But all long as states and cities went under lockdown,

as restaurants and shops closed

and shops closed, as group gatherings were limited

and non-essential workers were asked to stay put for the public good,

the Center for Disease Control or CDC said it was okay to get outside. The media followed with

guides for outdoor workouts and tips for getting into hiking. On Instagram I

started seeing memes boasting that the outdoors wasn't cancelled.

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