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iluvtennis

(19,852 posts)
5. We are in a public health crisis with Covid and its high infectiousness. These people need to make a
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 10:54 PM
Nov 2020

choice - do they want to risk contracting CV-19 and maybe dying or do they want they want personal freedom to not wear a maskand social distance.

ancianita

(36,033 posts)
10. Sounds like the basis of a health worker strike.
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 12:21 AM
Nov 2020

Not because they have one bad bone in their bodies, but because the public must see them as humans, too, who deserve every public effort they ask for.
And because they can't take this much longer.

dv421

(170 posts)
15. If wearing a mask is about freedom
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 12:53 PM
Nov 2020

why is not wearing pants a crime? why can't I speed by your house at 90 MPH?

I don't get these people. As the spouse of a critical care nurse, these folks are trying to kill my wife.

EndlessWire

(6,514 posts)
14. I don't understand either.
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 12:16 PM
Nov 2020

I needed a new battery for my car. I called AAA, and a really nice guy came out to help me. He was maskless. I remembered to practice social distancing.

He eventually told me that he wasn't going to get sick. I just couldn't argue the point with him. His believe in the strength of his body was full of faith. I just couldn't bring up that a little bit of prudence might be warranted.

I feel like I let him down, and now I worry for him! For me he was a first responder, someone who came out to rescue me from being trapped. But, what could I have said that he hasn't heard?

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