Alison Curtis: I feel Maia Dunphy's pain over Covid comfort levels

"I have had hundreds of conversations in which people have referred to overly cautious people as annoying or crazy. On the flip side, I have heard anger expressed towards people who are socialising a lot and going to packed stadiums or nightclubs."

Alison Curtis. Pic: Marc O'Sullivan

RECENTLY writer and broadcaster, and someone I am very fond of, Maia Dunphy, tweeted about having to leave a child’s birthday party because there were too many people there. Her Tweet went like this: “Tom was invited to a party today and I wanted him to go as we’ve had a difficult week. Arrived to find it was a triple-celebration, with FAR too many there. We didn’t hang around. What is wrong with people? Are we the only ones watching the numbers skyrocket?? #covidisstillhere.”

I feel her pain here as I also am not comfortable in larger groups anymore. I am not comfortable because it feels a bit reckless at the moment and also because I am way out of practice being around so many people.