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At BizPacReview, Michelle Malkin has a good common sense take on the face
mask mandates, such as the one issued by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine:
Contracting COVID can be fatal or
debilitating for the elderly, immune-compromised and physically challenged. But
there is no catastrophic public health emergency justifying sweeping government
orders and ordinances that would force healthy citizens to wear masks in an
increasingly oppressive climate of manufactured fear — completely untethered
from pragmatic realities and risk assessments.
. . .
Watching young, healthy people jogging
or hiking on isolated trails in mid-July around Colorado Springs in cloth and
surgical masks drives me nuts. They’re not protecting anyone else and are
likely making themselves sick. In what sane world is breathing through moist
bacteria traps and cutting yourself off from vitally needed oxygen a public
health virtue? Vulnerable kids especially are being lied to by panic-mongers
and exploited as human shields. . . .
The evidence does not support broad
mask mandates. Yet, now we free-thinkers and free-breathers face jail time and
witch hunts for dissenting. It’s all about politics, power, and control.
Read Ms. Malkin's article here.
As for me, I’ve been wearing my mask around my chin.
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