When did wearing a Covid 19 mask become a political issue?

It's a medical issue - only.

If I go to the doctor and he says you need to take medicine XYZ, I go home and take medicine XYZ.

Sure, I could say, "no fascist doctor is going to tell ME what medicine to take" - if I was an idiot. 

So what's the big deal?

When I was a kid, people used to be a lot more patriotic. 

I know, I know, since Reagan, there has been a blossoming of the "hate the government" movement.

I get it. In normal times it's kinda cute and fun. 

But these aren't normal times. 

We're all adult American citizens, and this is a pandemic, we should act like it. 

I remember the John F. Kennedy inauguration when he said:

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

Our country isn't asking us to storm the D-Day Normandy beaches, or be a Nathan Hale (google him), they're just asking us to wear a Covid 19 mask in public during the current pandemic.

It is to retard the spread of the disease - to help keeping us from getting it if we don't have it or from spreading it if we do.

"No fascist government is going to tell ME to wear a mask. I'm a free person - I know my rights - and I'm not going to wear one." 

Oh, boo-hoo Mr. Patrick Henry, such an imposition!

I am so impressed by these super patriots - NOT. 

America is in the middle of a disaster and needs our help. 

Over 128,000 of our fellow Americans have died so far - and the meter is still running! 

That's over forty times as many Americans as died in the 9/11 attacks. Forty times as many. 

How many dead does it take to get their attention?

And they can't be bothered to wear a mask when out in public because it tramples their rights? 

Give me a brake. 

Our country is calling - America is hurting - doesn't that matter to anybody any more? 


Wear a mask!
Please.

July 4, 2020

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