It may be that you agree with the lifting of restrictions in the UK. I know how tying masks can be, but this isn’t one of those situations, where any of us have guarantees we won’t get sick, because the virus is still out there, it can strike at any time.

You don’t know that the person next to you isn’t sickening for Covid-19, or the relative you’ve just seen has been near someone who they didn’t know had Covid. I know dealing with respiratory disease, I can’t afford to try that out.

And whilst masks are no longer a requirement in the UK, no one's safety is guaranteed. I manage a walk and the hairdressers through prior arrangement with my stylist. I wear a mask and visor, which saves me from potentially getting sick.

The rest of my social time has gone. It is prudent for us to continue to wear masks in public places. Would you rather not do something and get sick, or do something that keeps you safe and avoids sickness?

Wearing masks is keeping us and each other safe, it's keeping our loved ones safe. It’s also helping the virus dissipate, it’s what we need, it’s what the world needs. This is a pandemic, we can all get sick, and we have no guarantees.

Our only guarantee is that we can all get sick and for those who have become infected, they can get reinfected. Please help to keep yourself safe, so those who are vulnerable and high safe, can also get back into their lives.

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Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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2 comments on “We can all get sick”

  1. Today I was the only person in the grocery store wearing a mask.

    So, it's obvious to me that the power and influence of politicians are encouraging people to pretend Covid doesn't exist. It must be hard to emerge from the grip of misinformation.

    A more deadly virus is poised to surface people, let's be careful.

    1. Thanks Tim. Does one ever emerge from the grip of misinformation? We all can, but you will need to re-think what you're being told, to tap into your own version of what is being said.

      I have made that an art form over the years through my blog. But the non-reality is what politicians are feeding you, their rhetoric, what you're being told and what you don't stop to question. (There are some exceptions).

      I don't buy into what they're offering, and that catapults me into the 'universal reality' which is far different from their reality, which isn't reality at all.

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