Think it’s just youngsters ignoring rules? Dream on!
■ John T Pharro joins a growing list of people trying to shift the bulk of the blame for the renewed rise in Covid cases on to the shoulders of the younger generations (MetroTalk, Tue).
I went out over the weekend and saw just as many older folks ignoring the social-distancing rules and shouting over each other while sitting in pubs and bars – spreading germs to who knows how many people.
And come the end of the night, there were still just as many, if not more, of the older generations trying to stick to their seats, unwilling to move.
There are people of all ages who seem to have a lack of care for others. And one question I keep waiting for an answer for is: if you’re trying to blame the younger people for how they behave, why aren’t you looking at their elders?
Most people are going to behave this way because it’s what they have learned from their parents. But, as ever, I get the feeling this question will remain unanswered because many people are unwilling to look at themselves and admit they are just as bad.
Matthew, Birmingham
■ It seems no one can obey the rules so there is only one answer: close the pubs! Do not pander to the idiots! Just take the hard line or this will affect Christmas. I would also hazard a guess that it’s under-40s creating this problem. Let’s try something different and make them stay indoors and let the pensioners out for some fun – they know how to behave.
Dave Pestridge, West Midlands
■ I told my 15-year-old son that I was sorry for bringing him into this world.
He knows how bad things are, what with how aggressive and angry people are becoming. He told me he wished the world was a better place and there was more love and kindness and people were nice to each other. I told him that’s what I want too but people are changing. It seems there are those higher up who want to destroy mankind and change society. Sad. Rich, Kent
■ I wonder how much the police are being paid in overtime to hang around pubs, restaurants and takeaways while real criminals can go about their business untroubled.
M Keating, via email
■ What incompetence! So Boris Johnson has set up a special ‘mask force’ patrolling a few railway commuter lines coming into London (Metro, Tue).
The Tube is the problem, you imbecile. I’d say there are more people not wearing masks on one trip on the Tube than there will be on all the county lines.
Mr Johnson can find the money to buy people a few weeks of cheaper meals but not for actively fighting the virus and policing one of the most effective preventions.
If the virus is controlled, businesses will have a better chance of recovery. It’s this incompetence that fuels those ludicrous conspiracy theories. At the moment I can’t blame them for thinking this is stranger than fiction.
Mark, London
■ I saw someone on the Northern line blatantly applying a full face of makeup while coughing and protecting her chin with a face mask.
She obviously thought that putting
on her make-up was more important than the public’s health.
Jayne, Kingston
■ In the words of Tears For Fears, it really is a ‘mad world’. The new restrictions may be inconvenient but in no way are they ‘draconian’, as some claim. And if they work, they could prevent or postpone a full lockdown.
With people losing their lives and jobs, the economy in freefall and businesses folding, the way some are reacting to pubs and restaurants closing slightly earlier is beyond belief!
With many open from the morning until 10pm, there is still plenty of time to eat and drink all you need.
As to the criticism that the 10pm curfew turfs everyone out at the same time, there always will be a surge of people when pubs close.
Paul, via email
■ I have to agree with Ann from Kingston upon Thames (MetroTalk, Tue). When will we begin to tackle the crisis of alcohol dependency we have in this country? Fifty years ago pretty much everybody smoked but now it’s pretty much taboo, yet alcohol addiction gets worse.
Maybe the £10 billion in tax revenue that alcohol brings to the government might have some influence. Audrey, Portishead