Don’t feel let down by the lockdown
ARE you feeling let down? As we count down to the upcoming possible meltdown, it’s time to have a shakedown on lockdown proposals. Whether it’s a lock-in, a lock-out, a lock-up or a lockdown, a showdown is coming. At the end of the day or sundown, maybe we can take down the shutdown idea and have only a rundown or a slowdown instead. We must turn down a complete closedown leading to the let down of an economic breakdown. Having backed down, we need the low-down on a workable crackdown that won’t be such a comedown. If we then pin down such a clamp down idea we can face down Covid cutting down infection rates, bring down the disruption and be able to push down the time frame needed to reach a final stand down. At this touchdown stage, we can all cool down, calm down, turn that frown upside down, come out from under the eiderdown and head off down town.
DAVID PEARCE, Wilmslow, Cheshire. THIS year has all the hallmarks of one of Edgar Allan Poe or Stephen King’s creepier horror stories, directed by that master of terror, Alfred Hitchcock. A tale of people locked down and isolated while a deadly virus stalks the world and economies teeter on the brink of collapse. But it’s also a story of a weird world where our bodies have absorbed so much anti-bacterial gel, hand sanitiser, soap and disinfectant that we automatically clean the loo when we use it! I think we should ignore 2020 as if it never happened and should certainly not add it on to our age because we were unable to use it. It didn’t work properly, so it doesn’t count. And while we confidently assure each other that all things must pass, this particular thing is more likely to pass like a kidney stone than a light autumn shower. We’ve said a sad farewell to high fives, handshakes, hugs and kisses. We’ve not so much seized the day as prodded it with a two-metre stick. The most vigorous exercise I get these days is shaking my head in sheer disbelief at the number of people wearing their protective face masks under their chins. So roll on 2021 and a new and, hopefully, more magical tale to tell.