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They can encourage all they like.
At least now if anyone challenges me I can say it is not illegal rather then I am exempt.
I suspect/ hope this is the beginning of the end as more people volunteer to stop wearing them and the world notices it doesn’t make any difference anyway.
True. They might have staff at the door asking "Have you got a face mask?" and I'll say "No.". And/or they might ask "Would you like a face mask, sir?". To which I'll say "No thanks!". They won't be able to stop us entering their stores, nor will they be able to contact the police about us not wearing them!
I too hope this is the beginning and that more and more people decide to stop wearing the darn things, to show these shops, public transport operators, local/regional mayors, the government, etc that the vast majority of the public have absolutely had enough of wearing these ridiculous face masks!
It is going to be very interesting next week. No one here really knows for sure what the demographics are like of how many people continue to wear face masks and how many people stop wearing them. I did previously say that I expected it to be very few and far between. Though sadly I don't think it will be quite that low now. I think it will be more like no more than about 30% of people wearing them, though with that receeding as the weeks go on. IF in the event that a high number of people are still wearing them though, this will not be good, and could possibly result in the legal mandate on wearing them re-imposed and that could drag on for a long time.