My mask protects you

The information and data have changed so many times that as a retired physician, even I am confused. But this much I know. I wear a mask so YOU don’t get sick. And I hope that you wear a mask so I don’t get sick. Neither of us knows if we are spreading the virus. And if you refuse to wear a mask, it doesn’t say that you don’t care if you get sick, it says that you don’t care if I get sick.

Outside, on the street, in your car, not a problem. You are probably not going to get or give a virus to anyone. But in the grocery stores, where we ALL have to go, or in any enclosed space where we are breathing on each other, we are all at risk. If you are going to breathe into the air that the elderly and the vulnerable are going to breathe, just wear a mask for their safety, not yours.

I would hope that everyone would care enough about their fellow humans to want to protect each other. I do. Thank you.

Constance Brumm

Moscow