The pandemic is here - but the bandemic has subtly changed

Until six weeks ago, politicians around the world occupied themselves with their favourite pastime of banning things.  Now, they are focused on banning activities, they will conveniently forget their recent trumpeting. 
The most obvious lacuna is the silence from those previous calling to ban the burka.  Many European countries banned the burka, the wearing of face masks, or the hiding of features.  Riot police regularly broke the law, but until recently private citizens risked serious punishment for infringements.  Now, not only are most EU citizens breaking the law when they step outside wearing a mask, but they are also going prepared crime by wearing rubber gloves.  Regular street disinfections will rapidly destroy any DNA traces they leave behind.  What will happen to the ground water with all this anti-septic nobody knows, or cares.  Meanwhile, sales of burkas are up.
Most social and many private outdoor activities are banned.  The only excuse most citizens have for leaving their home is to shop for food.  Food stores operate draconian regimes of sterilisation, separation and protection.  Shoppers must don single-use plastic gloves before entering the store.  Those of us who have fought for sustainability will, of course, keep our gloves and re-use them, but this is not allowed.  New gloves every trip.  It is unlikely that plastic gloves, or any single-use plastic item will now suffer the ignominy of a ban, unlike the poor plastic straw whose last drag will be tomorrow, before its untimely ban on April Fools' Day.
Cotton buds are also banned, but not yet the much more useful wet wipe.  These clog up toilets, drains and sewage systems, but mostly end up in the sea as they are by design almost indestructible in a wet environment.  nervous parents, old age pensioners and OCDers will keep these on the shelves for years to come.