Subj : Re: covid go away day
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Jun 12 2021 11:52:21

Hi August,

On 2021-06-11 20:46:00, you wrote to All:

 AA> Today marked "day 1" of the beginning of the lifting of the
 AA> "stay at home" order in Ontario.  Being in a tourist town that
 AA> serves as a gateway to cottage destinations, *and* being a
 AA> Friday, my town was jam-packed with vehicles pouring through
 AA> all day.

 AA> I operate a small bookshop along the main street.  After
 AA> several months of just languishing at the shop and just waiting
 AA> for closing time in the months prior, today seemed like the
 AA> first day I had to actually do any work, such as being civil to
 AA> strangers.

And most important: did you sell some books? ;)

 AA> What I found most interesting though.. is that many of those
 AA> strangers were not wearing masks.   I did not mind that myself;
 AA> legally I cannot extricate/remove someone if they choose to not
 AA> wear a mask, and still want to browse or purchase something.
 AA> But it is interesting that most people are treating this "day
 AA> 1" as a kind of "covid days are over" thing and there is a
 AA> general sense of freedom regained.

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

Bye, Wilfred.

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