Each time, the moment I step out of home, i wear a mask, and remove it only after i step back inside our home. Well, many people think that there is no need to be so cautious, no need to wear a mask now as the corona days are over.
I am not so sure though. True, many people, at least in the urban area, are vaccinated. When, however, there is a mass movement such as the palakhi procession, there would be a curious mix of the urban and the rural, the metro and the interior Maharashtra.
In such a context, there is no concrete way to know if the person sitting/standing right next to you is not a victim of the dreaded disease. The common cold shares its symptoms with Corona. Why, in the PMT bus today, there was an elderly woman who was coughing constantly, and yet wanted the electric bus air conditioning zone on to her. May be, she was feeling claustrophobic in a new wave bus she saw for the first time.
In such ambiguous contexts, better to err the on the side of caution. Wash hands repeatedly and wear a protective face-gear are the only options within our control. Well, fealty to rationality never loses!
Pratima@Prevention is indeed better than the cure!
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