Oh joy! After a year, almost exactly to the day, I went to M&S yesterday without wearing a mask (well, scarf)! It was lovely to speak to the guy on the checkout like a normal person. I don't even like shopping but just for once I was chuffed to bits to be there.
Admittedly there were quite a few people still hiding behind a mask but some of us were happy to embrace freedom. At last!
It was a small moment of pleasure, and there have been precious few of those since March 2020.
Given that more than 70% of adults have been jabbed, hospitalisations are low and Covid case numbers are going down on a daily basis, I wonder what it'll take for people to break out of the fear cycle and start the slow walk back to normal? As I've said previously, it's very easy to instil fear... but not so easy to take that fear away.
Govt ministers are being wheeled out regularly to urge us to have our jabs, be vigilant, don't let our guard down and remain cautious because "... it's not over". For god's sake, it'll never be over if they keep talking it up at every possible opportunity.
I'm not a huge fan of the Olympics (except tennis) but it's been a relief over the past couple of days to see Covid knocked off the headlines by some of our athletes doing well in Tokyo.
Thank goodness for a short break from the doom and gloom at least. Well done boys and girls, and congratulations to Tom Daley who's finally won a gold medal after 13 years of trying.
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