Do you know what these are out of interest. Do they include young males aged approximately 25-30 a middle aged man or a a mother and her 5 year old (assuming the child would be exempt). There seemed no reason, and if these people were exempt, then not a problem but given the publicity and how stringently it seemed rail staff would be monitoring this it was poor to see
I understand the kid and of course can't tell if the others I saw had medical conditions but my guess given the number I saw without a mask they were simply travelling without. I can see it being like fare dodging, they'll try and get away with it as much as possible and when confronted they'll come out with a load of excuses as to why they don't need it to avoid the fine
I have asthma, albeit fairly mild and well under control but I will wear a mask on transport etc as I feel it isn’t worth the hassle of (well meaning) people tutting and giving me evils for not wearing one.
Bit like the message at the beginning when some NHS workers seemed to be going to all sorts of shops and people questioned their behaviour.
She is correct though. I heard a little bit of his statement this morning and it is hugely laudable. You can not blame the govt, who are being attacked on this, in correcting something which is pretty damning but wrong.
She absolutely should have congratulated the essence of the post but the threat of cutting off water is quite frightening so I have no problem in the correction. Some may have read Rashfords post and panicked that could have happened to them. You are right though, she should have worded it more sensitively. (she is a minister who has made a few gaffes recently so I think she will soon be an ex-minister)
He also clarified he was on about hot water, weird how this was the first tweet from him she has ever replied to.
But honestly do you expect anything less ... half of them live in their own little bubble spouting cobblers.
