Unmasked and unhappy

Monday, August 08, 2022 | 50 Views |

For some of us who were hiding behind the door when God was giving out faces the announcement from the government that it is no longer a requirement to wear a mask out there in the world was met with trepidation of sorts.

The mask has a bit of tainted history because it was used by robbers to redistribute property and money, but this was somewhat sterilised by the onset of COVID-19.

It morphed from being an outlaws’ tool of trade to being a powerful weapon to thwart the marauding virus that had the whole medical, their cousins (the ‘my-uncle-is-a-doctor’ type), their hangers-on and their dogs.

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