Most people when I've been out aren't bothering now. I only do if people start to board the bus or I cannot keep away from others, e.g. by sitting upstairs, but the majority of buses I use haven't been that busy. I have to admit, it doesn't annoy me as it once did, and certainly vaccination has give me more peace of mind. Along with regular lateral flow testing through work.

Aside from buses, I don't bother at all in supermarkets and shops now, mainly because I can still keep a good distance away from everyone else. I was for the first few weeks of it being optional, but I find more and more people aren't now. The supermarket messaging especially has been very much 'for the protection of our staff', but when the vast majority aren't reciprocating the arrangement, you can see why the customers aren't bothering.

The UK case data over the next week or two will be interesting. Although it feels its rarely mentioned now, we've still gone up over 10k on the 7 day case average during August, and that is with one of the major factors being absent - education.

We're probably too far down the road of pissing into the wind to change now though.