How Long Are We Going To Take This BS?

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Ranvir Singh and Dr Hilary Jones in tense clash over Brits wearing face masks to swim in sea

Of course, these childish debates on TV aren't about the nuances of Government control or 'regime-parental' concern
for safety, they're about outrage and provocative ideas to improve ratings.
Hence, the competing show on BBC -'BBC Breakfast' created an article that countered the ITV's Good Morning Britain's
narrative.

As the plague reportedly recedes at a rapid pace in the UK that might make any cynic wonder at the magic of the cure,
the mainstream media know they will have to once more confront the ratings war against rivals and social media.
And they know this will mean a transformation that might just leave evidence of how manipulative they have been for
many years.

Covid: Face masks 'give thieves more confidence' say shopkeepers

'Wearing face masks has given thieves increased confidence to steal and resulted in more cases of verbal abuse,
shopkeepers have told the BBC. Face coverings became compulsory in stores across England last July as part of
the government's plan to reduce the transmission of Covid.

However, some owners said this meant thieves were now harder to detect...'

Well, it's only taken almost a year for so-called investigating Journalists to realise this and write about it.
But it does benefit two-fold for the diverse BBC's need for inclusion and offers people-of-colour shopkeepers
and the obvious realisation that the public came to many, many moons ago.
Masks hide faces.

'The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) said 89% of staff experienced verbal abuse during the pandemic.
Neelesh Parekh, who owns a shop in Portsmouth, said he has lost £12,000 at the hands of thieves in the past year
and believes mask-wearing has contributed to the problem.

He said: "We can't see their faces - all we can is their eyes and part of their nose.
"People just take and run - because they've got masks on you can't see what's happening."


Store Owners Kishor Patel and Neelesh Parekh.

Kishor Patel, who runs a convenience store in Basingstoke, added: "We believe that wearing masks in our shops has
given the thieves confidence to actually steal things more boldly."

'Horrific incidents'
He said he had also been subjected to verbal abuse when challenging customers who were not wearing masks.
A report by the ACS said there had been "horrific incidents of Covid related threats where staff members have been coughed
and spat at".

It said the number of shop thefts had remained similar to the previous year, but that this was likely to reflect a "real terms increase"
due to there being fewer people in stores because of the restrictions. The report added, however, that the majority of thefts were
still believed to have been committed by "repeat offenders with addiction issues"...'

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