Subj : Re: covid go away day
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sun Jun 13 2021 12:10 pm

Hi August,

On 2021-06-12 22:25:00, you wrote to me:

 AA> The weather has been really nice.. and generally, when the
 AA> weather is nice, the tourists tend to remain at their cottages.

 AA> But when it rains..  I can get a full shop.

That's to be expected...

 AA>>> But it is interesting that most people are treating this
 AA>>> "day 1" as a kind of "covid days are over" thing and
 AA>>> there is a general sense of freedom regained.

 WvV>> Overhere things are relaxing too. But the mask wearing
 WvV>> obligation inside public places hasn't been lifted yet.
 WvV>> So people still do this dutiful, as far as I notice...

 AA> Today (Saturday) saw almost everyone wearing a mask. Perhaps
 AA> some education of the matter reached those people.  None the
 AA> less, it is not my duty to evict non-maskers.  As long as
 AA> people are not coughing/sneezing I doubt there is much to worry
 AA> about.

The effectivity of those none medical masks is highly doubtfull anyway. We had no mask obligation all through the first wave. We only started wearing masks somewhere in the autumn of last year.

 AA> They can help themselves to the hand sanitizer at the front of the
 AA> store.  Heck, it's summer.. people are happy and healthy.

I hope it stays that way!

Bye, Wilfred.

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