To mask or not to mask - that is the question?

Covid is turning into a tragedy, or is it farce, of Shakespearean proportions. Our Government seems to have managed the ultimate exquisite timing of throwing caution to the wind just as and like before, a single traveler lets Omicron rip into the community - they never saw it coming and our number of infections has hit the stratosphere - by Australian standards anyway - in few days. Anyway, on my morning perambulation, this silly little scenario drifted in to my brain so given the SMH didn't publish it, I'd thought I'd share it with all of you - probably my last effort for 2021 - though you can just never tell what I want to comment on - so Happy Christmas and a Covidless 2022.

 Curtain rises.

Covid-19 enters stage left – a Voice in the gods intones “hand wash, socially distance” - we, the cast, comply – Covid-19 retreats and exits the stage, Life is almost normal.

Delta enters Stage right – the Voice intones “all of the above plus masks and lockdown light” - we comply;

“Get double jabbed asap” the commandment echoes – we comply;

Delta threatens –“Lock down even harder” says the Voice - we comply. Delta retires looking wounded, we think we have won, now we have all been initiated with a pair of protective jabs.

The Voice insists “Go out, party – you don’t need masks or social distancing, you're vaccinated, get infected – and super spread, super spread, super spread.” But, unseen, Omicron is lurking like Brutus or was it Lord Polonius behind the curtain. We comply.

Omicron goes on the rampage - “Oh, by the way your double vaccine will not stop you catching Omicron or spreading it – and we expect 25,000 infections” comes the helpful Voice from above.

Look of incredulity of the face of the players as they stand, unsanitised hands upturned, lift their eyes to the sky and silently mouth “What the …?????” then drop to their knees

Curtain falls on 2021.

Not exactly the Bard but hey... Happy Xmas. May your cracker contain words of wisdom from the Chief Health Officer not the joke writers in Parliament.