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Coronavirus FAQs: Is There A Polite Way To Remind Someone To Follow Pandemic Rules?

Also: if you're headed back to a physical workplace, how do you keep safe? And do you need to have a mask on all the time at work?
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Each week, we answer "frequently asked questions" about life during the coronavirus crisis. If you have a question you'd like us to consider for a future post, email us at goatsandsoda@npr.org with the subject line: "Weekly Coronavirus Questions."

At the farmer's market I saw a woman break the "do not touch what you're not buying" guideline CLEARLY PRINTED ON A BIG SIGN and pick up and inspect a dozen plastic bags of peaches. Is there a way to politely tell someone to follow the rules?

Fingering various food items — whether bagged or unbagged — isn't the only way people break the rules of preventing viral spread during a pandemic.

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