In recent weeks, even the most cautious members of my family, as well as my friends and colleagues, have started to relax their stringent adherence to Covid-19 safety measures. They are arranging social gatherings, travelling across the country, returning to work, shopping with greater freedom, washing their hands less frequently and even leaving their homes without wearing a mask.
This is in stark contrast to the vigilance we exercised in the early days of our national lockdown under the movement control order. Remember when you would wash every item you brought back from the grocery store? Or when no more than two persons could travel in a vehicle, and the passenger sat in the back seat? Or when we ran in circles on our balconies and in our backyards to get our exercise?