Today’s word from the wonderful Susie Dent is Whiffle To blow this way and that without sticking to one course of action. A Whiffler is someone who is evasive and/or is forever changing their minds.
Remind you of anyone?
Yesterday’s announcement of who can and can’t open is quite baffling. Not for those who can open but for those who still cannot. You can have a drink, a meal, get your haircut but not keep fit in a gym. Are the disinfectant or gaps required any more or less in these environments? Swimming pools are one of the safest places you could be because the water is chlorinated. Okay you can argue about the changing facilities but a gym you can attend ready to go and shower at home. Swim changing can be staggered with diligent management. In other words it is no more difficult to manage these activities as any of the facilities that can now open. I suspect the pressure groups are better at pressing Johnson for these industries?
I know footballers are tested before being allowed on the pitch but that does make a mockery of any social distancing and is all about the money TV companies have invested. Don’t misunderstand I am not against these things, on the contrary I want them to go ahead but there is no logic or consistency to the measures now in place.
I have expressed the opinion, which everyone I have spoken has agreed with, we the public will have to decide for ourselves what we are prepared to risk. If you are prepared to take part in something or travel on plane, train, bus or whatever and you understand and accept the risk then fair enough. I know we have a responsibility to healthcare to minimise getting sick but if the right precautions are taken and the rules followed we should be allowed.
We are told the infection rate is dropping to pre-lockdown levels. Let us hope that is both true and a sign of a decrease in the virus. I don’t wish to sound like the voice of doom especially after what I have written above but these virus have a habit of flaring up again and mutating. Let us hope that this will not happen. It takes all of us to be sensible and take responsibility for ourselves and those around us where ever we may be!
Stay well
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