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|    Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins    |
|    Re: covid go away day    |
|    12 Jun 21 11:52:21    |
      TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815       RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes       TZUTC: 0200       CHRS: UTF-8 2       PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221       MSGID: 2:280/464 60c48467       REPLY: 1:153/757.21@fidonet f153ac0b       Hi August,              On 2021-06-11 20:46:00, you wrote to All:               AA> Today marked "day 1" of the beginning of the lifting of the        AA> "stay at home" order in Ontario. Being in a tourist town that        AA> serves as a gateway to cottage destinations, *and* being a        AA> Friday, my town was jam-packed with vehicles pouring through        AA> all day.               AA> I operate a small bookshop along the main street. After        AA> several months of just languishing at the shop and just waiting        AA> for closing time in the months prior, today seemed like the        AA> first day I had to actually do any work, such as being civil to        AA> strangers.              And most important: did you sell some books? ;)               AA> What I found most interesting though.. is that many of those        AA> strangers were not wearing masks. I did not mind that myself;        AA> legally I cannot extricate/remove someone if they choose to not        AA> wear a mask, and still want to browse or purchase something.        AA> But it is interesting that most people are treating this "day        AA> 1" as a kind of "covid days are over" thing and there is a        AA> general sense of freedom regained.              Overhere things are relaxing too. But the mask wearing obligation inside       public places hasn't been lifted yet. So people still do this dutiful, as far       as I notice...              Bye, Wilfred.       --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815        * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)       SEEN-BY: 30/0 80/1 103/705 105/81 124/5016 129/305 203/0 221/0 1 6       SEEN-BY: 229/426 700 240/1120 5832 261/38 280/464 282/464 1038 292/8125       SEEN-BY: 301/0 1 101 113 812 310/31 322/757 396/45 423/120 460/58       SEEN-BY: 712/848 920/1 5058/104       PATH: 280/464 301/1 229/426           |
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