My observations of Merseyrail over past few weeks a steady decline in mask wearers. Quite a few with them attached to their body now seen to wear them around their chin - so why do they bother wearing them at all?
Post July 19th I started travelling again - locally at present but will be wandering further afield very soon except over the border in to Wales. TFW won't be seeing me until Drakeford changes his tune and that doesn't look to be any time soon.
I retired just before all Covid kicked off and had decided to go back to using the network as opposed to just visiting heritage railways by car.
However, the dubious mask wearing malarkey (which even the scientists could not agree on in 2020) put me off travelling by bus or train.
Masks should always have been a free choice. Emphasis should have been on hand sanitising, wearing a mask if feeling unwell or vulnerable, but with everyone else being free to chose after conducting their own risk assessment for themselves and their family.
If you feel vulnerable by all means wear a mask if you don't well there should be no obligation to wear one.
The government message should have been "be responsible for yourself" this "for other people" was just a bit of psychological warfare plus a desire to be seen to be doing something.