After the recommendations of the expert meeting, formulation of specific life style rules is active in each industry. However, there are rules that make you feel uncomfortable.

In foreign news that a mother who was holding down her mask was arrested in front of her child. Then, what about that man who insists that “l don’t wear a mask” ? It resembles this strange feeling.

It is urgent task that everyone trying to accept the new rules in order to spin the gears of the economy that has been frozen for two months. I don’t deny it. The cause of discomfort is whether the rule assumes that other-person or yourself is infected by the virus.

It seems that some of the industry-specific rules are this “other-person type”. We Japanese are good at making rules and enforce them like school rules. It may be unavoidable for the functioning of society. But aren’t such as the school rules strange?

If you were told “Don’t get any closer!”. How do you feel? Could you think it as protecting me? For example, if you don’t understand the schools, you don’t follow the rules, but if you decide the rules yourself, you are willing to comply. Of course, scientific grounds are also needed….

Without being aware of the difference between the two, our society after the coronavirus disaster will be a “cold society” that excludes others. To prevent this, we would like to set a rule to voluntarily protect others from the coronavirus.

Now, it is said that it takes 5 years for a depressed economic recovery, but will the “lost compassion” recover in 5 years?

(2020年5月18日@nortan)

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