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Masks also protect those not wearing them, or not wearing them effectively. It is not just for the wearers protection. There are many rules that must be followed for public safety. Speed limits are an example. Requiring drivers to be of a certain age and passing a test is another. Wearing a mask is such a small, SMALL inconvenience to protect your fellows that “preferring” not to shows the individual to be quite selfish. A sign of the times, I guess.
Why is IBJ publishing an opinion of a “business student” regarding a matter of public health? Kyle thanks for your uninformed opinion but as of April 12th Houston’s phase 1 ICU was 100% full (per Texas Medical Center website). Several of the most populated Texas counties are labeled red or highly vulnerable.
Thank you James and Jonathan… Voice of reason… It is a very SMALL inconvenience. I just flew for the first time in over a year (normally I fly multiple times a month), to visit my 96 year old grandma. I am fully vaccinated, but still was double masked and sanitized. It amazed me how many people weren’t wearing their mask properly and not washing their hands after using the restroom. Disgusting human beings are why “we can’t have nice things”. Protect your neighbor and community and wear a mask. Should it be a mandate, no, but it is/was because common sense doesn’t work.
Right, James E. — reasonable rules that have a COST/BENEFIT analysis associated with them. There’s a reason the speed limit isn’t 5 mph. At 35, 65 or 70 mph, many lives will be lost. But our society has decided the benefits are worth the risks.
Finally someone with some common sense on this issue. All Mayor Hogsett’s orders are doing is continuing to drive commerce away from Marion County. To expect that people are not crossing the county line is pure folly. The Metro Area encompasses all the surrounding counties, not just Marion County, and continuing the mask mandate and restricted hours in just one of those counties accomplishes nothing other than hurting small businesses in Marion County.
Vaccine deniers that refuse to get the vaccine should not hold up the return to normalcy for the rest of us. If you choose to not get vaccinated and then get COVID, tuff for you, you were warned.
A student with the lack of real life situations is far from common sense. As a business owner, I have felt the burden of those not wearing a mask as we continue to spread the virus. No tuff for you, tuff to all of us.