Michael Gove trusts us to make sensible decisions. That’s a bit unusual, but let’s make the most of it.
Senior minister Michael Gove has said he does not think face coverings should be compulsory in shops in England, saying he trusts people’s “good sense”.
It is understood ministers are considering whether to make mask use mandatory in shops and sources say the issue is being kept under review.
Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr, Mr Gove said wearing a mask in a shop was “basic good manners”.
Yes, to the first bit and no to the second. Wearing a mask or not has nothing to do with manners. It is a pointless affectation that serves no useful function other than to expose the wearer as a bed-wetter who has been successfully indoctrinated by project fear Mk 2.
I know I’ve laboured this point, but I’ll do so again. This virus is following the pattern that all its predecessors followed – with the possible exception of the 1918 pandemic. However, there were different circumstances then. The Hong Kong flu pandemic of 1968/69 might be a better parallel.
It is fizzling out as its evolutionary trajectory takes it on a less virulent path. It needs to work its way through the population, which it will, lock-down or no, masks or no. A vaccine if it arrives will be only partially effective in the same way that the seasonal flu one is, due to this being a single strand RNA virus that mutates more rapidly than the vaccine can keep up. But our immune systems will work it out. It’s how we’ve managed to be around for this past couple of million years after all.
This virus that governments, media and bed-wetters are getting so hysterical about is a bad form of flu. Nasty if you get a high viral load, but has a kill rate of less than 1% and kills those who are already dying, with a small amount of outliers. Yes, it can cause lasting damage to the organs. But so does bird flu. It’s a risk, but a minuscule one. It is not worth the reaction it’s been given.
Choosing not to wear a mask merely means that those people can see reality for what it is. Bugger all to do with manners. I will continue to not wear one. And if my experience is anything to go by, locally very few others will be wearing them, either.
On the radio news I heard that Labour are criticising the government for not giving clear guidance on this matter. Seriously?
Oh wise and infinitely well informed government wonks, I am too ignorant and stupid to know whether I need to wear a mask or not. Please consult the mighty oracle, always wrong Fergusson, and impart your deep wisdom unto me so that I will know what is the correct thing to do.
We are led by bedwetting Marxist humanities students……
No maths, no brave decision making, just bland managerialism and woke virtue signalling……
Maths? You mean the fact that on any given day you have a one in 120 thousand chance of catching a disease that has a one in a hundred chance of killing you? Oh noes, we are all going to die, better put on a mask, a non solution to a non problem. Just like wind turbines but cheaper.
Whenever someone starts up with “oh isn’t the virus terrible?”
Instead of agreeing I ask ‘do you know this is the 3rd week in which overall deaths are lower than the 5 year average?’
“They’re not saying that on the BBC, did you see it on Facebook or Twitter?”
‘The Government Office for National Statistics, do you know how many covid patients are in the hospital?’
“Quite a few I expect”
‘None, zero, zilch, haven’t been any for a week’.
“So why are so many people still scared to go back to work ?”
‘Look at this lot, not scared to go shopping and neither are they working from home.’
Met my first post furlough redundantee today. His X-firm supplies some sort of treated water to offices, while our light industrial/motor trade estates are pretty well back to normal the office campuses remain ghost towns awash with tumbleweed just like, so I am told, central London.
Gove and Blobo obviously realise that using the law to enforce face nappies would be the final straw for those with a sceptical view but they are giving the go ahead for the bedwetters to go all pointy fingers at us.
Up to us to stand firm.?
We need to stand up to this and not be bounced into wearing face nappies.