[Tennessee Conservative]

I’m 65 with seasonal asthma so my doctor has me wear one every flu season in crowds anyway. The way I see it, anything is 100% better than nothing in crowds. They aren’t perfect but better than nothing. You have to do all the other precautions too. Even bronchitis can make my asthma deadly so I try to avoid the flu and any other respiratory virus.

My 24-year old granddaughter is a physical therapy assistant in Chattanooga. She has been tested and quarantined three times but so far has been negative. My town is rural and not so bad but the big cities are bad.

[familyop]

"I’m 65 with seasonal asthma..."

I'm about the same age and have a condition that causes a more general congestion that includes asthma-like trouble breathing, but I might be able to beat it. Working on that.

People just need to learn to calm down and breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth. The belly should rise with each breath--not the chest. That's difficult to do with asthma (especially during an attack), but it helps to try.