https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/18/coronavirus-why-etiquette-not-social-shaming-will-get-people-to-wear-masks-and-keep-a-distance/ > It’s always been awkward to call out others for doing things in public that are annoying or even harmful. But people now face dicier situations as the COVID-19 pandemic raises fears that some are spreading a dangerous virus by not adequately washing hands, wearing masks in public or keeping far enough apart in grocery store checkout lines. > On NextDoor and Facebook, Bay Area residents are venting about perceived social-distancing violations and debating whether to report neighbors who have gardeners in their yards. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, the science director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, saw an elderly woman on a 10-foot-wide trail shout “6 feet! 6 feet!” at a jogger who passed by her too closely.