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Since the start of the pandemic, I’ve maintained that people need to wear masks. That hasn’t changed. What has changed, though, is that my grandma tested positive for COVID. Ten days later, she died. My dad, who took her to the hospital, now has COVID & viral pneumonia.
Since the start of the pandemic, I’ve maintained that people need to wear masks. That hasn’t changed. What has changed, though, is that my grandma tested positive for COVID. Ten days later, she died. My dad, who took her to the hospital, now has COVID & viral pneumonia.
When it was her time, my dad wasn& #39;t allowed to visit her at the hospital to say goodbye because of his symptoms. Her funeral date is up in the air because we& #39;re trying to make sure my dad will be out of the hospital in time to go.
There are a lot of people who, after seeing the toll COVID has taken on the country and the world, still choose not to wear masks. From what I can gather, there are a few reasons these people use to justify this decision. I& #39;d like to give my perspective on those reasons.
Reason 1: it& #39;s uncomfortable/hard to breathe
Get over it. It& #39;s really that simple. If you think it’s hard to breathe with a mask on, you really don’t want COVID. I wear a mask for 8hrs/day at work, and there have been so many times I went to get a drink of water and
Get over it. It& #39;s really that simple. If you think it’s hard to breathe with a mask on, you really don’t want COVID. I wear a mask for 8hrs/day at work, and there have been so many times I went to get a drink of water and
forgot I was even wearing it. If it& #39;s that inconvenient, just stop going outside when you don’t need to. I know that& #39;s not ideal, but life isn’t ideal for anybody right now. Be grateful this is your biggest concern.
Reason 2. They don’t believe masks are effective
Just because you have access to the internet does not mean you& #39;re a public health professional. Experts say that masks can help slow the spread. I get that people want to understand the problem & make their own decisions, but if
Just because you have access to the internet does not mean you& #39;re a public health professional. Experts say that masks can help slow the spread. I get that people want to understand the problem & make their own decisions, but if
you think you& #39;re smarter than people who dedicate their lives to this stuff because you Googled "do masks help with COVID," you are wildly delusional. Is it possible you just don& #39;t feel like wearing it and are biased to believe misinformation that allows you to feel justified in
this? Let& #39;s pretend you& #39;re right and masks are only 10% effective. Why wouldn& #39;t you be on board for that? Isn& #39;t some protection better than none at all?
Reason 3: "I& #39;m young, so even if I get it, it won& #39;t be that big of a deal for me"
For starters, you& #39;d be completely writing off the possibility that you would get other people sick by not wearing a mask, which is very selfish. Aside from that, though, COVID can have permanent
For starters, you& #39;d be completely writing off the possibility that you would get other people sick by not wearing a mask, which is very selfish. Aside from that, though, COVID can have permanent
damage to your lungs and heart. Just because you aren& #39;t likely to die doesn& #39;t mean it won& #39;t be hell while you have it, and you might be dealing with the consequences of it for the rest of your life.
Reason 4: They think the experts are lying, that the virus is being overhyped as a political stunt to get Trump out of office, and the constant sight of people in masks is a fear mongering tactic from the left being used to this end.
Listen...
Listen...
I don& #39;t even want to get into conspiracy theories like this because they’re not worth anyone& #39;s time. But for the sake of argument, let’s just pretend you support Trump 2020 and that this theory holds any water...
Your options at this point are either to a) Make sure everyone knows how woke you are by being loud and proud about refusing to wear a mask. Do a service to the world by not being a "sheep" and letting the corrupt media and the radical left steal the election in November.
OR...
OR...
b) Accept the idea that maybe your political agendas are creeping into an area where they don’t belong. Maybe the world isn& #39;t constantly persecuting you like you think it is. Maybe the consequences of being wrong about this are so much more catastrophic than you
realize that they should outweigh whatever benefits you think might come of you being right. Is not looking stupid so important to you that you& #39;re willing to put everyone you come into contact with in danger? Is being right worth over a hundred thousand deaths in the US?
At the end of the day, I think this is about ego. People just don’t want to be told what to do. Their desire for freedom and individualism is so strong that, because they view wearing a mask as an undue burden and leftist propaganda,
they are unwilling or unable to see that their decision to not wear a mask means this won’t be over for a very long time. Many, many more people will die. The economy will continue to suffer. They can’t see that the number of stories like mine - stories of people whose
loved ones& #39; lives are being cut short by a virus whose danger was twisted from a scientific observation into a political opinion - are growing at a staggering rate. And I don’t understand how anyone could value their ego more than 60,000 new cases per day.
I& #39;m not sharing this story for sympathy. I& #39;m sharing it in the hopes that people will finally understand that this is bigger than them. It& #39;s bigger than the ways they& #39;ve been inconvenienced. It& #39;s not politics. I lost my grandma, and I& #39;m getting scared I might lose my dad, too.
