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Mask or suit: Wear it!
When I go to a doctor or other medical professional, I trust the advice they give me, because they have years and years of education and experience behind them. When they say “wear a mask,” I wear a mask; it’s that simple.
For those of you who believe a government does not have the right to tell you to wear an article of clothing, I say to you what would you do if I, a man in his 70s, was on a crowded beach and took off my bathing suit. Would you come up to me and say: “thanks for being brave and showing people a government can’t take away your freedom to wear what you want”?
No, you would say: “put your damn bathing suit back on!” I say to you: “put your damn mask on!”
Ed Yarwood
Spokane