Freedoms don't mask rises in COVID-19 case numbers if you're vulnerable

COVID-19 mask and isolation mandates have been removed, but authorities are calling for people to take precautions as NSW cases rise.

I am an older person who still wears a P2 mask in public indoor spaces, but am alarmed at the failure of most others to do so when COVID is on the rise again. It is known that mask-wearing is mainly effective if most people wear them in potentially high-transmission environments.

It seems that most have been lulled into a false sense of security by the abrogation of government responsibility. They have now dropped the ball on COVID, and our more vulnerable people have truly been hung out to dry.