It’s beyond time to re-frame the mask issue from a Drumpian political us Vs them into the true War on Covid to save America uniting message we now need. We are facing more lost lives due to covid than we have lost in any war that America has fought and long term economic damage to American families unseen since the great depression. We can no longer afford to pussyfoot around, we need to ask anyone who fails to wear a mask in public why they are unpatriotic in this fight and why do they want to aid the enemy.
If they reply because rights or freedom tell them that’s why they need to wear the mask, to restore their right to be free to return to work, go to dinner, the movies, travel the world, attend sporting events, go to concerts, plays, bars and other indoor activities whenever and wherever they want. The masks are not what’s infringing on your rights and freedom, covid is.
Some covid transmission and mask information from CNN
-- This virus has a long incubation period -- up to 14 days -- giving a wide window of opportunity for people to infect others before they even know they're infected.
But the benefits go both ways. "Your cloth face covering may protect them. Their cloth face covering may protect you,"
the CDC said.
"People need to know that wearing masks can reduce transmission of the virus by as much as 50%, and those who refuse are putting their lives, their families, their friends, and their communities at risk," said Dr. Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
An estimated 230,000 to 450,000 Covid-19 cases were prevented in the states that enacted requirements for mask use between April 8 and May 15, researchers from the University of Iowa found.
And from Trump’s own Surgeon General…
Wearing a face mask will give you more freedom, not less, the surgeon general said.
"Some feel face coverings infringe on their freedom of choice --but if more wear them, we'll have MORE freedom to go out,"
tweeted Adams, who was nominated by Trump.
"Face coverings → less asymptomatic viral spread → more places open, and sooner! Exercise and promote your freedom by choosing to wear a face covering!"
Be a real patriot, save American lives, save our economy, restore our freedom and rights to do what we used to do, wear a mask. If not you are a aiding and abetting the enemy. Even Trump’s surgeon general says so.