Had an argument with a woman in Morrison's yesterday. I was queueing to collect a parcel (anther experiment with IKEA's delivery system, this time for a product that wasn't available in the Bristol store) and she insisted on standing a couple of feet behind me, maskless. On asking her to move a bit further away, in line with the marks on the floor, if not further, she said; "Oh, it's OK, I don't have to wear a mask as I have asthma, so I don't have to social distance."
Needless to say, I told her that without a mask, the purpose of which is to protect other people, she should be standing about 3 metres from me, not 2 feet. She took umbrage and flounced off.
They walk among us. With people like this on the loose, what hope is there? Somehow, we need to convince these people that on approaching within a couple of metres of an infected person, they risk turning themselves into zombies. They're probably stupid enough to believe it, but it would have the desire effect.
Till the weekend we could count on zero fingers the number of people we know to have contracted Covid, but the number is increasing day by day and the tally is now about 6, although not all from our area.
Similarly on the subject of them walking among us; Boris announces a cut in foreign aid and public expenditure to help pay for Covid, but spaffs billions on dodgy contracts and announces a a massive splurge on defence spending. The latter you can ignore - politicians' promises of money in the future are worthless. It's merely a reworking of the war ploy used by governments under pressure at home - in the absence of an enemy to fight, a military build-up is the next best thing, just in case.
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