Unfortunately there are a fair amount of people who lack Steve's decent respect for other people. I remember back in the early days of the pandemic walking past a couple while wearing a mask, and the bloke who wasn't in a mask giggling at the sight, and deliberately coughing in our direction as he passed. Clearly he thought this thing was all a joke.

I don't think that making other people uncomfortable or fearful is something we should feel entitled to do if there's no good reason, or that "it is their problem, not yours".

Relaxing precautions and restrictions makes sense, and I look forward to it, but not prematurely. I think that in some respects, notably in relation to mask requirements, it is premature. I believe that the timing of this government is not to be trusted, and that it is very much dominated by the desire of a corrupt politician desperate to worm himself out of a corner.