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Apparently, having made the announcement that all covid restrictions will be lifted next Monday, senior politicians have been on TV today telling everyone that there is an expectation that people should continue to wear masks indoors. Expected? And with numbers rising quickly? The problem with ‘expected’, other than the fact that the whole ‘lifting restrictions’ malarkey is a fillip from Johnson to a number of his backbenches (because medically it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever, when we are reasonably close to vaccinating everyone who wants to be vaccinated), is that those who won’t wear masks will be the same people who won’t be careful, who will congregate in large groups and be magnets for the disease. As a result those not wearing masks in Tescos next Monday – those sneering at C and me for wearing ours – will be the most likely to be giving the disease to us.

The second issue is that more infections, no matter how slight, means more variants. More variants means more chance of one avoiding vaccines … and then we’re back to square one. For what? So that Johnson can save summer? Like he did (not) Christmas? I’m sorry, but if you cannot continue to wear a mask in shops and keep a safe distance from people like me – and my immu-compromised daughter, for no other reason than ‘it’s my right’, then go to hell you selfish so-and-so..

Sorry.

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Anyhow. The book’s out there, in e-book and paperback form (hurrah!). It’s been a journey. I submitted my final wrap round cover as late as yesterday. It’s done now. And I have made the decision to work much harder on social media. It is, after all, my job. As a result I have opened my own FB page (moving on from the one I did use which was attached to C’s site). It’s here: https://www.facebook.com/Sam-Green-Thriller-Series-111304844553470. Please follow. I hope to use this to amplify what it’s like to be a self-published author – ups and downs. You do, of course, get a lot of that here, but I also drone on about politics and travel. That won’t be so prevalent on my page. At some point I will try and use FB and Amazon for proper marketing and throw some money at it all. That’s my next job.

Footy tonight. Hurrah! It would be great to see this English team win. They are brilliant, off and on the field. But, if Italy do then that’s OK by me. They’ve had a tough time with covid – let’s face it, so have we. Whatever … well played the ref!

Stay safe. As I understand it half of the covid deaths last week were of double-vax folk. Do you best to stay covid-free.