No Clothed Beaches This Summer
My sister is cutting down on her beach time due to skin cancer concerns, so we agreed to do other things together this summer.
My son doesn't want his son to go to the beach this summer because of the Covid situation.
Since I generally go to the nude beach unless I am going with one of them, I have a good shot at going nude every time I go to the beach this summer.
Unfortunately, or son also doesn't want our grandson to go to summer camp this year, so I will be wearing a swimsuit in our pool a lot more than usual.
Bummer.....yeah this COVID thing has really screwed stuff up! Doing a lot more nude time at home!
I am actually nude less because our grandson is here more. I am wearing shirts less often and long slacks essentially never. Would wear shirts even less if it weren't for Zoom meetings.
My sister has been using SPF 50 sunblock for some time, but still has experienced bouts of skin cancer including one where she lost a piece of one ear and another that left a noticeable depression in her nose.
Many of us forget to put the sunblock on our faces. I take particular care to put it on my ears and nose. And I wear a brimmed hat.
The Covid-19 virus is killed quickly by sunlight and heat. I would think the beach would be the best place to go to avoid it. People that suggest otherwise might have political motivations to do so. About the skin cancer, there are some people that are more susceptible than others. Most likely by DNA and/or never being out in the sun in their early years. Tanning is best done very gradually.
My sister has been using SPF 50 sunblock for some time, but still has experienced bouts of skin cancer including one where she lost a piece of one ear and another that left a noticeable depression in her nose.Many of us forget to put the sunblock on our faces. I take particular care to put it on my ears and nose. And I wear a brimmed hat.
She is careful with sunscreen on her face and ears, but didn't wear a hat until she had the ear issue.
With regard to the COVID-19 situation, I believe there are a LOT of political motivations swirling about beneath the surface scum. Among all the ever-changing professional opinions, the theories that sunlight and fresh air combat the virus are about the only consistent ones out there. It seems natural to me that being on a beach in the sunshine, with breezes like beaches typically have, would be one of the most logical and safe places one could be! That is, if the people on the beach are there to enjoy the beach, as opposed to trying to enjoy as many people per square yard as possible.
The "problems" that are always mentioned about beaches aren't due to the beach environment, anyway...they're due to large numbers of people being in close proximity to each other. That's really the case in just about all of the "hot spots". It's just like the constant battle against diseases in Consolidated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), where way too many animals are crammed together in way too little space.
Consider Edward Abbey's thoughts:
"I find that in contemplating the natural world my pleasure is greater if there are not too many others contemplating it with me, at the same time.
Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
The Covid-19 virus is killed quickly by sunlight and heat. I would think the beach would be the best place to go to avoid it. People that suggest otherwise might have political motivations to do so. About the skin cancer, there are some people that are more susceptible than others. Most likely by DNA and/or never being out in the sun in their early years. Tanning is best done very gradually.
My sister, our only first cousin on the non Italian side, our grandfather and I have all had basal skin cancer but not melanoma, so there may be something genetic there.