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"I had brought a mask with me, tucked away in my evening bag. In fact, I had
two in there, one in leopard skin fabric, more in keeping with the black-tie
dress code. Stupidly, that’s where they stayed. I didn’t wear either at any
point in this event that put 350 talkative people together for several hours in
an enclosed ballroom. And now I’m in bed with COVID-19.
In my defence, it’s difficult to wear a mask when you’re at a function with
pre-dinner drinks and a two-course dinner, although you’d think by now someone
would have invented at least a drinking mask, with some sort of valve apparatus
and a champagne straw. Still, there were certainly times in that gala evening,
which turned out to be a gala superspreader event, that I could have worn it.
During the speeches. During the pre-and post-dinner chit-chat when people were
leaning in close to make themselves heard over the racket.
So why didn’t I mask up? I was still wearing a mask in shops and other public
places. Why not there?"
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: July 7, 2022
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-68770312
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
