In and around a London lockdown. A Cartoon Diary by Pidge.

 It should be remembered that back then the reason many people maintained  social distancing was  not just because the government told them  to do so but because they were genuinely fearful and this was caused by the relentless nightly images broadcast by our emotionally headline hungry mainstream news channels from the worst affected of our hospitals. But although many remained insensitive to the fears of others some were more considerate.

 The impact of social distancing was enormous with different sections of society behaving in different ways, varying from paranoia on the one hand through to a total insensitivity to others at the other. People were allowed out, apart from one essential shopping trip, for only one hour per day and even then they had to keep moving as this was permitted for exercise only. A walk in the spring sunshine would have  been a pleasure had it not been punctuated periodically by the sound of pounding feet that would herald the arrival of a heavy breathing potentially Covid spraying runner or jogger who had no idea of social distancing.  But to be fair the government obviously hadn’t appreciated that many people did not realise that 2 metres was approximately 6 feet. The signage for this was changed to the old Imperial  measure so that runners would have no excuse.