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JWestland
The problem with all these complaints about other people is that it's again divide-and-rule, in which those divided attack each other and not those who divide (just like I'm attacking those who attack others, etc.).
Division is the result of political failure, so that the burden of action is then put on those who have little power, and the measures they are asked to take are of very limited effectiveness--shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Of course many people don't know how to wear masks, how to completely adjust their daily routine to prevent the spread of the virus, how to cope with being out of work/trapped in abusive households, etc. They shouldn't have to, and it's obviously not easy. Maybe there's a way in which it can be done effectively, but those doing it effectively will be a very small number of people, i.e. those who have the skill and the opportunity (e.g., wealth) to do it well.
It's a shitshow brought on by political failure on the part of those who are supposed to take care of these things, and no amount of shifting the blame on to ordinary people can disguise that.