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<blockquote data-quote="DavidGrahamJones" data-source="post: 2309484" data-attributes="member: 245335"><p>I ensured staying six feet away from someone in a Tesco pharmacy queue because he wasn't wearing a mask (his 3 kids were) and I got some grief from him when I explained to people 'pushing in' why I was 6 feet back. I'm not convinced that someone being exempt for whatever legitimate reason makes it OK. Covid doesn't take that into account and it is still a threat to my health. Same thing happened in the butchers yesterday when I refused to enter the shop which is sensibly only allowing 2 customers at a time, because the other customer, a young man, wasn't wearing a mask. "It's OK, I'm exempt from wearing a mask" is beyond comprehension. It is not OK.</p><p></p><p>I'm still just going out just to get meat from the butcher, a weekly shop and a visit to a pharmacy.</p><p></p><p>One other thing I'm doing is returning to my volunteering at the MS centre to administer oxygen therapy to people with MS. I thought long and hard about it and decided that as a lot of our clients are almost self isolating because of their compromised immune systems, the PPE gear we have is good (apart from the aprons), we all have temperature checks and have to answer several questions before entering the building. Also, if there is a problem it will shut immediately.</p><p></p><p>I did try to start playing golf again but found that although the club itself have made many changes to make things safer, the golfers are mainly idiots and I'm afraid to say mostly men, the ladies show a completely different attitude.</p><p></p><p>Like everyone else there are things that I miss but I'm confident that there will be a vaccine before 2021 and that if more people did as they were told instead of whinging we'd be getting back to normal much more quickly. Taiwan is a country with about half the UK's population and one seventh of the UK's land area. Their story is re-assuring, so is New Zealand's although their recent infections are disappointing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidGrahamJones, post: 2309484, member: 245335"] I ensured staying six feet away from someone in a Tesco pharmacy queue because he wasn't wearing a mask (his 3 kids were) and I got some grief from him when I explained to people 'pushing in' why I was 6 feet back. I'm not convinced that someone being exempt for whatever legitimate reason makes it OK. Covid doesn't take that into account and it is still a threat to my health. Same thing happened in the butchers yesterday when I refused to enter the shop which is sensibly only allowing 2 customers at a time, because the other customer, a young man, wasn't wearing a mask. "It's OK, I'm exempt from wearing a mask" is beyond comprehension. It is not OK. I'm still just going out just to get meat from the butcher, a weekly shop and a visit to a pharmacy. One other thing I'm doing is returning to my volunteering at the MS centre to administer oxygen therapy to people with MS. I thought long and hard about it and decided that as a lot of our clients are almost self isolating because of their compromised immune systems, the PPE gear we have is good (apart from the aprons), we all have temperature checks and have to answer several questions before entering the building. Also, if there is a problem it will shut immediately. I did try to start playing golf again but found that although the club itself have made many changes to make things safer, the golfers are mainly idiots and I'm afraid to say mostly men, the ladies show a completely different attitude. Like everyone else there are things that I miss but I'm confident that there will be a vaccine before 2021 and that if more people did as they were told instead of whinging we'd be getting back to normal much more quickly. Taiwan is a country with about half the UK's population and one seventh of the UK's land area. Their story is re-assuring, so is New Zealand's although their recent infections are disappointing. [/QUOTE]
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