Upon which I wrote this:
I’m not saying that there is any danger or risk in how those people are gathered on the lagoon on the left. But instead of choosing to understand that there was a reason that they weren’t allowed to gather on the beach on the right, they simply chose to just gather somewhere else close by.
In this case, it’s not the virus being “clever”, it’s the people being obtuse.
Well, this weekend, school rugby is back. And with it are the entitled Karens and Gavins of the Southern Suburbs Private School Set. Because while school rugby is back, spectators of school rugby aren’t allowed. For this reason, our local school – hosting matches today – closed its entire campus for the day, so that the rugby was played behind closed doors… er… gates. Karen and Gavin didn’t like that idea of no spectating though, so they just stood directly outside the fence and watched from there instead.
Genius.
Now, I’m not saying that I agree or disagree with the rules and regulations. Nor am I suggesting that these people are breaking any law. But given that there has been no school sport for over a year now and students and parents alike have been telling us all how much they have missed it, surely some degree of caution to help prevent another lengthy lay-off would be common sense? And while it would be wrong to say that there wasn’t a mask in sight, there were very few, and they were notably absent on the more bellowy, steroid-fuelled pumped-up fathers.
But, much like the beach and the lagoon above, it’s not the virus that’s “clever” enough to know on which side of the fence these parents are standing, rather it’s those parents not thinking (or more likely simply not caring) about the implications. Or maybe just thinking that the rules are for someone else, because yes, these were mainly Karens* and Gavins from Bishops School and generally, they are of the opinion (and theirs is the only opinion that matters) that rules and regulations don’t apply to them.
You know the sort.
With our R numbers steadily rising over the last two weeks, with school holidays and colder, damper weather just around the corner, with no vaccination programme even starting for another 3 weeks – and with this sort of behaviour ever more rife – it could be a fairly miserable winter for SA.
* I promise that there were several Karens in there, despite what the photo might suggest.