Today there was yet another meagre protest demonstration in the Hague against the corona measures, and in particular social distancing.

I vote we have a demonstration in support of the measures, complete with face masks and correct distancing.

It is not difficult to find a handful of people to demonstrate against something, but these renegades are grabbing too many headlines.

Corona has not yet been beaten. Figures worldwide show that July is shaping up to be the worst yet. That corona infections in the Netherlands have been reduced in the last few months is all due to the lockdown and social distancing. We have to make sure that relaxing rules does not reverse that trend.

I regard the initiative to publicly protest against the measures an insult to all those like me who have done their best to follow the rules. It is clear that the next milestone will be some kind of medical intervention, and that we will probably have to wait around 6 months or more for that. So be it.