Let me start with Nelson Mandela quote so that we can really understand it better & properly.
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others”. - Nelson Mandela. Yet yesterday was called “Freedom Day”. Well this does not respects or enhances the freedom of others.
We are not out of the woods. We are still in the pandemic. Don’t tell me that Covid is gone completely just because lockdown in England is fully lifted already as of yesterday without measures (without social distancing & mask wearing now it’s a personal choice not mandatory).
It will be just a matter of time before the UK is back in lockdown for 4th time around in autumn. So let’s all stay safe & make a right choice of continuing to wear a face mask & social distancing despite of the govt’s selfish mismanagement of the Covid situation in England.
Furthermore, yesterday’s so called freedom day, I was not very happy. I was not happy at all.
In the late morning, I was about to go to have a wash in the bathroom & to think which topics should I write a blog post next, my mother called me on the phone to say that one of my brother’s classmates have Covid & that I have to pick up my younger brother (aged 11 soon to be 12 years in September as this is his final week at primary school before being transitioning himself to go to secondary school in September) at the school despite that he is an independent traveller.
My brother to self isolate despite it is his final week at primary school as he is currently in year 6. Soon to be in year 7 at Secondary School. And yet those who celebrated the so called freedom day yesterday as England is not in lockdown anymore (no social distancing & mask not being compulsory), it shows they really have no regards for any person’s life and health.
My brother have no symptoms of Covid despite one of his school classmates have Covid. That\"s when the school reception contacted my mum about it & me picking up my brother at school. Given it was not possible for mum because she was at work.
My brother is more careful & that he always behave sensibly when to wear mask & social distancing.
The govt can go to hell. Ditching social distancing & mask wearing. That is why yesterday I am not happy about this. The so called Freedom day which many people were duped into believing the hype that Covid is gone despite the infection rate is going up. All because of the govt\"s selfishness of handling Covid situation.
No wonder I also observed the bus & the Tube not having to wear masks despite TFL maintains the policy that is mandatory. Perhaps it should be enforced on public transport in London & making it enforceable so that who do wear a mask & continuing to wear it, maintains his/her safety despite the choice of what the person does is not wise.
I even went to Waitrose (UK supermarket shop) & some of them chose not to wear it. As for GP, it remains shut (given nowadays it is appointment based & that it is no longer walk in building as of March 2020 so only person who is registered can only enter GP for appointment. Not to book appointment. Just to go for appointment only). So for the govt & idiotic imbeciles to say that yesterday’s freedom day was nothing but meaningless.
Plus Boris Johnson (Prime Minister) doing a coronavirus press conference while self isolating at the Chequers after that he had a contact with the Health Secretary (Sajid Javid) who is currently self isolating after being tested for coronavirus despite being double jabbed. Which him (Boris Johnson) & Rishi Sunak (the Chancellor) behaved irresponsibly at the weekend (not originally wanting to self isolate) while being contacted by NHS Test & Trace until sudden U turn.
And as for those who want to visit the UK now it is not in lockdown anymore? Well US CDC advises American visitors to avoid visiting the UK. wwwnc.cdc.gov bloomberg.com
Good for US CDC. Americans advised not to come to the UK (particularly England). The UK is the laughing stock in the world with dangerous herd immunity approach (mass infections instead of vaccinations without any of preventative measures: social distancing & mask wearing). Thanks to the idiotic PM Boris Johnson & the govt. The world sees England with a shock gasp.
So guys, do whatever you like. Wear a mask or not, get the vaccine or not. After all, it is your choice and freedom. However do not ever think that Covid is gone completely. Don’t believe the freedom day hype. That was just to trick everyone into believing by right wing media outlets in the UK.
Freedom day? Freedom from what exactly? Covid is still around worldwide and yet some of people were believing that including going to nightclubs. Although I do sympathise with nightclubs & other businesses who had been shut for last 16 months since March last year, that was not the right time to do so while the infection rate is going up & up. It really makes no sense logically when the lockdown measures are being lifted while the infection of Covid cases are still going up. Like I said, we are not of the woods & that it will be just matter of time before England is back in national lockdown again around in autumn (September/October/November). Many scientists including the government’s sage scientists were stunned when the govt behaved dangerously reckless to allow Covid 19 to be rampant. Therefore many people including those who are not vaccinated will eventually catch Covid & then developing a long time Covid complications (long Covid).
Even tonight, Dominic Cummings had spit the beans again about the incompetence of the govt’s handling of the Covid situation with more shocking revelations while being interviewed by BBC. google.co.uk
So let’s all act responsibly by continuing to play our part to defeat the virus via mask wearing & social distancing even now it is not compulsory in England. No wonder Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland are keeping policies including mask wearing, being sensibly & not following England’s dangerous Covid approach of letting Covid to be rampant without mask wearing in the name of “living with Covid”.
I am done talking about this. This will be the last time that I talked about it. The so called Freedom Day. We all want the same thing. The end of the pandemic & moving forward with our normal lives but due to yesterday’s so called “Freedom Day”. That was not the way to do so & the govt should really be ashamed for being selfish to lift lockdown while the infection rate is not down. It is up.
Here are my three previous blog posts.
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