PM used to say burkah letterbox bad bad = it hides faces = bad bad thing. Now all must be letter box people with face masks if go shop shop = good good thing! Face now hidden like burkah is good good. Me no understand. Do you?
Yes, I do understand.
It’s not great for women to have to hide their whole bodies and faces apart from their eyes.
It’s good to wear a mask to try to prevent COVID spreading. Very different things.
It would appear that the restriction is the same, but in fact it is radically different.
Unlike a full-face covering, which makes even identifying the gender of the wearer impossible, a standard face mask does not render the wearer unidentifiable.