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So I& #39;ve been in London for a week now and I& #39;m getting a very clear picture of why cases are spiking in the UK. The weather has turned cold and people are headed inside...in the midst of an airborne pandemic..there& #39;s little more than performative mask wearing.
There& #39;s hygiene theatre everywhere, including buckets of hand sanitizer, but as this is an airborne pandemic, much of this is beside the point. At the gym, almost nobody was wearing a mask. People are doing cardio without masks. Heavy breathing, confined spaces.
After the gym, I went to brunch with a friend of mine today. The restaurant had no ventilation, they were jam packed, and most of the staff were not wearing masks. After watching this for a few minutes, I headed to the outdoor tables, even though it was very cold.
This evening, I got some takeout. I stood outside the restaurant and looked in the window while they made it. Not a single staff person was wearing a mask properly. All of them sporting the "below the nose" look if they wore any mask at all.
Infections are spiking here already, and based on what I& #39;ve seen this week, this is just the beginning of what will be an epic spike in the next two weeks.
I don& #39;t know if the same level of mis-information exists here as in the US, but the level of masking is much lower than San Francisco or New York.
