Brian Howard: No way to hold Fryeburg Fair and observe pandemic guidelines

I went to the Fair on Senior's day, hoping it would be less crowded, which it was. It was no harder keeping a distance from people than it was doing the same at the grocery store. In other words, people were not all keeping a distance, but we were able to distance ourselves from others in most cases. We wore our masks even outdoors, used hand sanitizer often, we parked off of the main drag back in the residential area at the park so as to avoid contact with having to pay someone, and only stayed 4 hours. I counted 54 people aside from us, that wore masks, 2 of which were workers. I'm not at all surprised that a group of people that frequent Fryburg House of Pizza, and had worked the Fair, ALL tested positive for COVID. Unfortunately, that group has exposed a lot of people to it as well, including my parents. So far we have not shown any symptoms. With daily temperature checks, wearing our masks, and following thru with washing hands and sanitizing, we hope to not only stay safe but keep those we come in contact with safe as well. Since we work, there are potentially more people we can be infected by, or infect. Between Oct 5-25, just in Oxford County (where Fryburg resides), there have been 390 cases and 7 deaths. I heard, but cannot verify, that 189 people in Fryeburg are positive with COVID, some having been vaccinated.