Politics of fear and its side effects

Yes very distressing for your husband if he thought he'd triggered her actions.

For future, to reduce potential stress for him could he wear a visor if it's medically possible.

I don't know what to say but it's Christmas and we're all in misery - Ellen Griswold

From my viewpoint it is the opposite of politics of fear. It's lack of effective leadership.

We all have to make our own choices because our leaders don't have a safe response to a potentially deadly situation. I'm stricter than a lot of people I know. Some don't like it. I don't care. I'm responsible for trying to maintain my own health and I'm not being pushed into lowering the standards I'm comfortable with by others.

Monica
I think you might be aware of my opinions on this behaviour from some of my comments.
I despair of the damage that has been caused to some people which may possibly never be reversed.
The politics of fear are alive and well in the U.K, but they’re not working on me and mine.

I said a very aggressive for gods sake to the man who rammed my trolley as if we were playing dodgems yesterday

I totally agree. There’s some very timid souls about. The SAGE modellers with their ‘worst case scenarios’ have a lot to answer for in my opinion. And as yet they’ve been way off. I don’t listen to Whitt’s, Vallance and Ferguson any more they are all too extreme. Bet Sturgeon and Drakeford regret their extreme measures now. If not them then their hospitality and sports industries certainly will. It’s madness.

I think galaxy has a fair point. I'm sorry it has upset your husband though. People do seem to be a bit more confrontational on the whole though at the moment, I have found. Though my husband spoke to someone in the butchers yesterday for going in through the wrong door and told him to use the correct entrance which is most unlike him...so there may be a thread about that (there were clear arrows and directions, why would people want to go in the wrong way?) Maybe we are all a bit confused about what we do and have to do? I think people are very much fuelled by adrenaline in uncommon situations too

I agree, Monica. Some of my normally stable friends seem to be making strange lifestyle changes. I never query but simply comply with their wishes. Interesting (if sometimes a little sad) indeed.

But you have no idea about this woman. In the same way she knew nothing about your husband. I know a couple of people with severe health anxiety and obviously covid becomes included in that, she may have had health anxiety rather than covid if you see what I mean. I am sure there will be mental health repercussions from the pandemic of course but it was a long queue and no one else behaved like that.