@halcyondays
I see the Executive is going to talk again today about whether to make masks compulsory in shops. Seems like they may just “strongly recommend” them. Very few people seem to wear masks and I can’t see this changing unless they make them compulsory.
I don’t know if I agree with it or not. I’m kind of for it and against it.
I’m for it because the amount of people there are in shops and not social distancing scares me, I know face masks aren’t a substitute for social distancing, but I’m sure they would help limit the spread to some extent so they may be beneficial in that way.
On the other hand, I’m against it because how on Earth is this realistically going to be enforced on people? It’s all very well them saying that people will be refused entry into a shop if they refuse to wear a mask but what if they take it off when they get inside, it might be easier to enforce in smaller shops like your local newsagents but what about larger shops like Tesco and Asda? Are there going to be staff policing every aisle to ensure people have their masks on?
And, if this is up to employees to enforce, they could very well be subject to a lot of abuse, both verbal and physical I would imagine!