Looking forward to a plate of spaghetti and a matching face covering
sir – Face coverings will be obligatory on public transport from June 15. I wonder if the Government will next insist they be mandatory in pubs and restaurants when they reopen.
Ken Culley
Marlborough, Wiltshire
sir – If face coverings are to be compulsory for public transport, why doesn’t the Government say, with some attempt at honesty, that it is a psychological tool, nothing else. It makes frightened people feel safer.
The fact that there is genuinely little for most people to be frightened about is irrelevant. To make them feel safer is what the Government, any government, requires to get the economy and society working again.
Will there ever be a point when the British people decide to leave the nursery and join the grown-up world?
M A Owen
Hockwold, Norfolk
sir – Those masks with valves fitted concentrate the breath into a much smaller stream and increase its velocity and range, thereby posing a greater risk to other passengers.
David Lane
Birmingham
sir – We humans have evolved to inhale each other’s germs. We cannot change that by force of will. It is the way things are. We are social animals.
So forget social distancing. Forget face masks. Simply warn the vulnerable to continue being vigilant while the rest of us get on with working, to help pay for additional care for those at risk or afflicted.
Frank Jones
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
sir – Will Underground passengers obey the sign “Face coverings must be worn”? They don’t obey “Dogs must be carried”.
Tony Dearman
Prestwich, Lancashire
sir – Face coverings are going to make identifying transgressors difficult.
They seem a licence for disguise on public transport or at stations.
A T Patrick
Bourton-on-the-water, Gloucestershire
sir – Now that I must wear a face covering on a train, should I procure one with the bottom half of my face printed on it, so that my identity, shown on my railcard, can be verified?
Philip Barry
Dover, Kent
sir – I can’t go for a quiet pint, but can, it seems, protest in central London.
Alan Lorraine
Gateshead
sir – Pascal Soriot, the chief executive of the Britain’s largest quoted company, Astrazeneca, a world leader in pharmaceutical research and development, has said he is “keeping his fingers crossed” that the Oxford coronavirus vaccine works. If it is any help, I’ll do the same.
David Elstein
London SW15