No, your right to breathe freely is; please don't misquote my post to deliberately misinterpret my point!
I mean by this that wearing a mask restricts your breathing to short shallow breaths, which can trigger anxiety and panic in some people. In such circumstances you're advised to take a few deep breaths to calm your self down but of course you can't breathe deeply because you're wearing a mask, which in turn makes you feel even more anxious!
And the other issue I have is that the government has set no time limit on how long compulsory mask wearing will last; had they said they'll review it after a fortnight to see if it's had any effect more people would be more supportive. There's speculation it could last into next year, and who's to say that if it's successful they might make it permanent, which would effectively keep people with anxiety issues away from shops for good? Once you've lost a form of freedom, however small, it can be very hard to get it back.
I really don't see how the time limit is an issue though? In the middle of a fast moving pandemic it is literally impossible to say how long you need masks for. It seems obvious that this would have to be on a rolling basis.
I understand it isn't pleasant and some people have more of an issue wearing them and others, I'm not disputing that but I have a real problem when people wrap it up as losing a freedom. Your freedoms stop were they put others in danger. It has always been that way in the UK, your actions, your freedom to speech etc all stop when it then negatively affects others.
So maybe for a couple of years the schools have to stop offering such a wide choice and switch to a slimmed down set of three or four different combinations that everyone has to choose from. A science-y track, an arty track, a language-y track. Kids will have to choose one track and thus be taught in the same class groups every day. Obviously not ideal but better than just giving up on education altogether, which seems to have beenthe government's education response so far.
Our education system is so based around attainment and progression to uni that I think this would be impossible to do and detrimental to spring it on kids now. It is penning kids into one track for life really because their studying was so niche at like 16. Plus what would you do for things like architecture which is both science and mathy but also requires art?
Plus kids of gcse age and below will need to be exposed to all subjects at their young age.
Just heard there was a fight involving about 20 people outside of a pub near me last night. I find it ridiculous that they are open with bare minimum measures in place yet we can’t walk around shop without a mask. People love to have a go at people who refuse to wear them but no one cares about the lack of social distancing in pubs.
I think some people just don't care no matter where they are. The same people fighting in a pub are probably the one not wearing masks on the bus, not social distancing in supermarkets etc
I was pleasantly surprised when I went to a pub, granted I've only been once to one place, but the tables were spread out, you didn't go up to the bar to order drinks so you weren't mixing with other groups & you couldn't stand so once the tables filled they stopped letting people in. Anytime I went for a wee I would see big burly men, just the type who look like they might not give a
tit about the virus in a pub sanitising their hands any time they walked past a dispenser.
I think they should have opted for something more like the Irish model and only opened places that did food, rather than bars and pubs though.
