Party buses are a thing here in BC too, where some people seem hell-bent on destroying the excellent numbers we achieved here prior to reopening. Reopening was a mistake & i will *hopefully not* go to my grave repeating that https://twitter.com/solomonrdavid/status/1295146723002679299

i get wanting it to be over. But acting like it IS over will just *make it worse*

we can't magical-think our way out of this

I've had a few people go "It's OK i don't have it" when they see my mask.

My response is automatic: "I have no way of knowing that, and in any case this mask is more about protecting YOU than it is about protecting ME. The safest thing to do is to act as though we all have it."

i have lost any sense of humour i may once have had* about interacting with strangers during a deadly pandemic

*i never had one