OPINION: 'As the numbers have decreased in NSW so has our guard.'
is remarkable; extraordinary even.
Before I had time to even think of the words “social distancing” there I was, not even 1.5 centimetres apart let alone 1.5 metres. Just weeks ago, you couldn’t move for masks on Sydney’s trains and buses. Residents, horrified at what was happening in Melbourne and desperate to avoid a lockdown, seemed hellbent on proving that NSW could vanquish the virus and still go to the pub.
But this week, as cases dipped below 10 new cases a day, the number of people wearing masks also seemed to dip.Outside the supermarket it was even worse. A food court cafe I visited this week was thronged with people squeezed together on sofas. Not a single one had a mask on.Sydney bus drivers almost went on strike because passengers had become so slack at wearing masks. Picture: AAP Image/Steven Saphore.
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