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   Message 548 of 1,840   
   Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins   
   Re: covid go away day   
   12 Jun 21 11:52:21   
   
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   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.   
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