Unless your job requires you to wear PPE, wearing a face mask when you go out and about isn’t compulsory right now. However, government advice does recommend that you wear a covering when you’re in enclosed public spaces where social distancing isn’t possible, such as in supermarkets, on public transport or in other crowded spaces.
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I woke on Tuesday at 4am and could hardly breathe. I was sweating (and, post-menopausal that I am, I never sweat) and racked with worry. I grabbed my hair, put my head in my hands, and said out loud, ‘What am I doing? What was I thinking?’