The whole situation has now descended into a farce of tokenism. I've just been into town, and the market is on (and seemed to be doing a good trade), with plenty of people milling about. Probably about three quarters of the shops are open. There's no consistent approach at all, either by the public or the shops. On the quieter streets otuside the town centre, people are still walking in front of traffic in order not to pass another person on the (reasonably wide) pavement, and glaring at the person coming the other way, but in the town centre this is largely ignored as it wouldn't work, and most people are being more sensble. Some are wearing masks, but it's all completely inconsistent - saw one family of three generations, where granny and the parents weren't wearing masks, but the three kids were. What's the point of that? A smaller number of people are still also wearing gloves. To what end? If you've that concerned, no gloves and using hand sanitiser when needed is a more sensible approach.
At the weekend, when it was sunny, the whole distancing thing was widely being ignored, with groups of teenagers hanging around together, groups drinking in the park, etc.
Then there are the shops. Some are behaving fairly normally, but some have one-way systems and/or bits barricaded off / maximum number in the shop at a time. the M&S food shop had a long queue going right round the corner. With the increased footfall, I really can't see the public putting up with the supermarket restrictions for much longer, especially if we have a prolonged rainy spell.
I've avoided the trains since March. I would actually like to use them, but with the mask insistence I won't unless I absolutely have to go somewhere - I find masks extremely uncomfortable, and the medical evidence seems thin at best for them making any difference - but clearly, being seen to be doing something is more important.
Don't know whether others have commented on this already, but the rhetoric has changed over the past few months. Intially the restrictions were to slow down the spread and prevent the NHS being overwhelmed, which was reasonable and most people complied. Now it's morphed into 'we must STOP the virus', which simply isn't going to happen unless there is a vaccine, which may or may not happen and if it does could be quite a while - and yet the more extreme elements are still calling for restrictions to remain in place until there's a vaccine.
Then there's the schools, and seemingly parents being allowed to keep their kids away even if the schools are opening again. Why? Kids are generally the lowest risk group, so unless there's a particular reason (i.e. medical), how is this proportionate, particularly considering the long-term effects it coud have on them in other ways.
I suspect that people are going to be less and less willing to comply with many guidelines over the coming weeks, as many of them serve no clear purpose and seem to be solely in place to be seen to be doing something.
The person taking the photograph either has three legs with mismatching footwear, or is not socially distancing!