Feest Isolation Days –26 February 2021
There are lots of people who have clearly had enough! The local news last night had footage of several teams playing football up on the Downs, not just one team, but several. The police had tons of calls from the public and soon dispersed the teams. They were in their football team jerseys and clearly someone had organised them. A friend tells me of people in his building, who should know better, who are having dinner parties and another going to their holiday home! These, thankfully seem to be the minority of people and not the rule. It does make me, along with many others, angry though! We haven’t come this far and done all this to have the end in sight in order to go backwards by fools who are not abiding by the rules. I hope they all get fined! Humph!
Maybe the writers of this tune need to update it and show it to the footballers…
Rule breakers are a curious lot. I must confess I, too, am capable of breaking rules, but not if it means putting others in danger; and not in the Dominic Cummings sort of disregard lying kind of way. My rule breaking this Lockdown has meant a friend in the garden once or twice when we weren’t supposed to be having them in the garden. They could have, within the rules, stood outside the gate or on the other side of the garden wall. It seemed to me that there wasn’t much difference between standing socially distanced on the other side of the wall or inside the garden. I did break the rules. No one else was put at risk, we are talking about one person and we both have been scrupulous about not seeing other people, not going into shops and all the rest.
There was another item on the news last night about a man who had Covid. He was in hospital for months, struggled to learn how to stand and walk again, and is now on a long, long road to recovery. He lost the tip of a finger and a thumb to gangrene caused by the disease. When he left the hospital under his own steam, the way was lined with health care workers who applauded him. Clearly, his journey back to health has been hard won. The footballers think they are invincible! They are outdoors, they are healthy, what does it matter? I am delighted that the police explained to them why it matters. Because it isn’t over yet.
We all want to run away from this endless drudgery of Lockdown, Of course we do. But we have to follow the Lockdown timetable and as Boris tells us, we need to be driven by the data not the dates. However tempting it is to let rip, now is NOT the time! We have to be careful and cautious as we come out of this.
On my walks now around town, I must admit I don’t take such a wide berth around elderly people out walking. Grey hair and old means vaccinations have occurred. I still move out of the way and hold my breath when younger people pass close by, especially heavy breathing joggers. I won’t miss that bit of Covid. In fact, there isn’t much about Covid that I will miss. How about you?
Enjoy! Stay safe. It isn’t over yet but we are getting there!
With love,
Kathy x