Here we are today in a world pandemic where some individuals claim their civil rights are being violated and refuse to wear a mask in public, despite the possibility of being a nonsymptomatic carrier of COVID-19. This will only continue the spread and make tracing impossible, thus perpetuating lockdowns and the many inconveniences that go with it for many more months or even years.
Tracing allows public health officials to put out small campfires, compared to putting out many giant forest fires. It works if the public is compliant.
Will I choose to be the one that insists that my lights are on at night, putting my countrymen in harm’s way, or will I unite with them to put the virus behind us sooner rather than later?
Dennis E. O’BrienDurango