What is their point? I work in a hospital, and I wear a mask. And I get the vaccinations. I’ll do what my employer asks me to do.
Because when people are sick, they don’t come to my hospital to catch an illness and die. It is my job to do that, and I do it without reservation. If I can keep one person who comes through our door healthier by doing the things asked of me, I will do it.
And these military personnel who may be there (although I thought Walter Reed had closed-I spent a good number of nights outside there with the Free Republic DC Chapter counterprotesting the Code Pink scum) deserve that from their Commander in Chief the way my patients deserve it from me. It is a hospital.
Outside the hospital environment, I feel differently about this. I believe it should be left up to an individual to wear a mask outside or not. No questions asked. Their decision.
If a store requires a mask, you can choose to shop there or go somewhere else. Your choice.
If you are someone who has co-morbidities, you take precautions to protect yourself. You quarantine yourself if you feel you need to. Your choice.
This isn’t the plague with a 40% mortality rate. It is foolish to treat it as such.
If you are someone who has co-morbidities, you take precautions to protect yourself. You quarantine yourself if you feel you need to. Your choice.
I have co-morbidities, and so I agree it is on me to not go to crowded restaurants and other such environments. But I can’t quarantine myself to the extent of not going shopping. Do you agree that when going to the gocery store people are morally obligated to wear a mask?