To wear a mask is a must

Photo c/o RMO

"A danger foreseen is half-avoided" (Cheyenne proverb). Today, 31 August, Auckland, the mega city of more than 1-million in Aotearoa New Zealand, went down from alert level-3 to alert level 2.5. Say what? There's a 2.5? Welcome to lock-down 2.5. And how does that work? People taking public transportation (buses, trains, airplanes) must wear masks, it's mandatory. But when they reach their destinations (schools, offices, etc.) it becomes optional, so they can either keep it on or take it off. What do you think will happen? What would be the obvious option? Your answer is as good as mine. I ask my 13-year-old son if he wanted to wear a mask and he said yes. When I picked him up in the afternoon, he was still wearing it and told me that were other students who wore masks, not many but quite a number.