I had to walk down the middle of the street with fogged up glasses around five times because both sidewalks were occupied by people without masks

No wonder my shoulders are filled with knots

— bletchley punk (@alicegoldfuss) February 3, 2021

Unless the sidewalk is absolutely filled shoulder-to-shoulder with people, outside with a mask on yourself, your risk is very, very, very minimal from incidental exposure — even considering the new SARS-CoV-2 variants.

You are almost certainly more at risk in a US city from walking in the road than from Covid-19.

Even smart people have just shockingly bad risk assessment capabilities.