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Remember yesterday’s mini-rant about seeing so many people in the streets still not wearing masks? Well, as of tomorrow it will be obligatory to wear a mask in all public indoor spaces, as well as outdoor spaces where it isn’t possible to keep two metres apart. That last bit spells trouble though… srsly, you’d think the government would know better by now than to give us options.
What I noticed yesterday was that, even in wider streets and in squares, people still weren’t being careful enough with “social distancing”. Meanwhile, most of the streets in the old centre of town are barely two metres wide, making it impossible to keep a safe distance apart. Add to that the fact that wearing a mask is uncomfortable as fuck, especially in The Heat, I am predicting mask mayhem. Entitled selfish assholes will start bleating about their Freedom and Rights, there will be protests, more pot banging bullshit.
Me? I almost suffocated yesterday wearing my mask. But I learned that I shouldn’t go out there when it’s 33º without a cloud in the sky. Duh. Not that difficult. The main problem is that people want things to go back to the way it was before and they have yet to accept that it just ain’t gonna happen. Nothing is ever going to be the same again. They also have yet to cotton on to the reality that you don’t just get freedom and rights handed to you for nothing, they come with obligations and responsibilities attached, and one would hope with some respect for those who came before us, and including today’s frontline heroes, who have made and continue to make much greater sacrifices than simply wearing a fucking mask. Honestly, I get so tired of people sometimes. Not you guys though. 🙂
Blog buddy Jodi Ettenburg @legalnomads has written an excellent, informative (and less sweary) post on the subject of mask wearing…
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I’ve noticed during lockdown that maybe 25% of people in supermarkets were wearing masks. At the time there was talk about how it could be counter-productive, making you touch your face more and giving a false sense of security.
Since Boris said last week that people ought to consider wearing masks in indoor public places I’ve noticed that number DROP…wtaf? I finally ordered myself some cloth masks & wore one yesterday for the first time in the supermarket. I think I saw about 10 other people. Honestly, people see a tiny drop in deaths and new cases one day and that’s it, it should be over, come on Boris, let us go out and play again. It’s mad and stupid and will lead to that dreaded second wave. When we’re not even out of the first one yet.
I watched an Instagram post from Unilad (don’t ask!) called Coronoa Diaries Volume 4, it was a Chinese woman called Lauren talking about how China are dealing with life now. It’s so interesting, worth a watch if you have a spare 5½ minutes. I don’t know if this link will work:
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That’s a really interesting video Deb, thanks for posting it. Did you read Jodi’s post? It’s very well researched.
Looking out from my balcony it seems that most, though not all, are wearing masks today. Will check again once it reaches 35º later this afternoon.
I’m going to try making some cloth ones. And when I was out on Tuesday I bought some latex gloves. Haven’t tried them yet.
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I hadn’t read Jodi’s post – when I posted earlier I was having a little skive from work whilst eating my breakfast 😀 I just read it over my lunchbreak, it’s really interesting. The problem with everything she points out is “If it doesn’t help me, why should I do it?” – that’s the attitude a lot of people seem to have. I loved her sentence “The freedom to breathe on others in ways that may kill them is just not a reasonable thing to desire.” The UK needs to impose strict instructions and fines for non-compliance, rather than the “Wear a mask in public spaces inside, if you want to. Or not. Whatever” instructions we’ve been given. It’ll be interesting to see what your observations are over the coming days with it now being mandatory in Spain.
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Even here it’s a bit vague, with people still allowed to go without masks in “open spaces” which allow for social distancing, which you know, can be interpreted any way people want to. So far.
After I posted this I saw an American guy out there from Seattle, on his bike with his kid, at the little coffee shop in my street. No fucking mask, talking with a guy from about two feet away who had a mask on but only covering mouth, not his nose (duh) and I wanted to scream from my balcony in English PUT A FUCKING MASK ON… but I didn’t. How do I know he was American and from Seattle… because that’s how loud he was.
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