Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Returning to the topic, I don’t understand why - in the light of the current frankly scary figures - we aren’t following a ‘plan B’ at least as far as compulsory mask wearing indoors and on public transport is concerned.

Having been to three ‘events’ this week it just appears too random at the moment i.e. very crowded gig on Monday saw an estimated 5% of mask wearers, Pride Park on Tuesday...much the same, even in the concourses...and a theatre visit yesterday...about 5% in the bar and 85% in the auditorium.

You wouldn’t get away with that in Spain and their figures, despite the influx of summer tourists, are so much better than our horror show ones.

Every picture tells a story and this one includes a Government extraordinarily reluctant to do anything that isn’t populist or is likely to raise questions over the ‘success’ of their Covid strategy to date.
In the curious spirit of you agreeing with me yesterday, I have to agree re masks but it's a hard one. As a non driver I regularly use buses and trains and despite the transport companies requiring use of masks, via signs and onboard announcements, compliance is now at an all time low maybe 10%

British people do seem to display an "I know best" or " noone tells me what to do" philosophy, more so than Johnny foreigner. Perhaps it's over confidence in the vaccine, who knows. But curiously in shops, where masks are voluntary, I see far more compliance than on transport where it remains carrier mandated.

I'm genuinely unsure if the government reintroduced mandated mask wearing, compliance would rise. It cannot be policed or enforced other than consensually, and it seems Citizen UK has broadly speaking set his or her (other genders are available) stall out.

I'd like to see more masking during the winter in particular, but I suspect it's a flawed ambition. Too many people seem to think the crisis is over and any government would struggle to impose it now