Hello again world from Ireland. Well thing are moving forward in relation to the reopening of businesses and society not just here but around the world. With the gradual reopening come the questions about whether we are being too cautious , whether face masks should be worn or not and in what context should they be worn . Later on in the week also more guidelines were issued on the wearing of masks. . Also the question of what happened to the 1,000 people who were stranded abroad when this all started resurfaced . One of the questions though that I would be asking is, what will be the effects of opening up the country will be. Yes, at the moment, infection rates are low but what if that were to change . That is the fear. We shall see as it was in fact announced on Friday that the government were going to fast track the reopening of the country . Instead of the five stages to reopening the country, that has now being reduced to four. However there had been a warning from a B...
So we are here now after all lockdowns have been ended in Ireland. Whether this was just an election ploy, used because we are coming close to some important rugby games and St.Patrick's Day or that it genuinely has come from a genuine place this remains to be seen. What now? What exactly defines how and who we are as a people after coming out of all this madness we have had to endure. What are the takeaways we might be able to bring with us and remember going about our own day to day. Well first off, the whole issue of public hygiene. By public hygiene I mean, cough and sneeze etiquette. And by this, not only coughing or sneezing into the elbow. But when needed, just simply covering our mouths with our hands (and then sanitizing afterwards lest we pass on bugs or viruses to people.) Also by keeping sanitising our hands where possible. This is particularly still pertinent as even though we have been thrown out to the wolves by government, we are still in the middle of the pandemic...
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