Walking Etiquette

I'm doing a lot of walking round my neighborhood in these end of days.  So are a lot of other people.  And sometimes maintaining the 6 foot recommended social distancing is not possible.  There are a lot of roads without sidewalks (pavements) in my neighborhood, so my preference is to walk on the left hand side so that I face oncoming traffic.  However, it seems that most other walkers tend to prefer to walk on the right hand side with the flow of the traffic.  I'm not sure which is correct (mine seems more sensible).  However, I have accidentally discovered a quick way to get other people to cross over to the other side of the road and out of my way.  Cough.  That gets people to avoid me in a hurry!