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Opinion: Mandates may be on way out, but millions will still use masks. Respect their decisions.
The San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | Apr 22, 2022 | The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board

Posted on 04/23/2022 6:16:32 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

A Florida federal judge’s decision on Monday to ban mask-wearing requirements on public transportation was appealed on Wednesday by the Biden administration without a request for an immediate stay. The ruling led many travelers on planes, trains, buses and subways to drop the precaution, some in celebratory fashion. With COVID-19 now causing far fewer hospitalizations and deaths than seen for most of the past two years, such a policy change was probably only weeks away anyway — and the sense of relief it provided to many was easy to understand.

But there are at least 8 million Americans who are immunocompromised and at risk even from the weaker variants of the virus circulating in recent months, so it is essential that there be a broad public acceptance of the millions of Americans who are certain to still wear masks while riding transit, hitting the store or going anywhere in public — even outdoors. Those who live with the immunocompromised and/or care for them should be careful as well.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; california; covidstooges; karens; mandate; maskless; masks; obamacare; sandiego; vaccinemandates
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

As long as you “respect the decisions” of the people who don’t, which you won’t.


41 posted on 04/23/2022 6:44:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Humans live on 1/4th of what they eat; on the last 3/4ths lives their doctor. --Egyptian Inscription)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Only if they respect my decision to NOT wear a mask.

I’m sick of being preached at that I need to accommodate every whim and fancy others may have to the point where I am expected to approve it and participate with it.


42 posted on 04/23/2022 6:46:05 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
some choose not to wear masks, respect their decisions

No pointing and laughing?

43 posted on 04/23/2022 6:46:38 AM PDT by SisterK (recognize and resist tyranny)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

they are heroes now, like the putzes at the post office.


44 posted on 04/23/2022 6:47:30 AM PDT by ronniesgal (if more folks would mind their own business the world would be a better place.)
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To: 2banana

Exactly ... and your list is too short ... else we will be here all day writing.

Now that the tables have turned everyone is supposed to “play nice”. Yeh, right.... another example of feminizing our culture.

Article should have started right out of the gate how the rabid maskers were wrong for not respecting other people who chose not to wear masks and maybe, ... were... correct? And it was a great injustice for maskers to attack people who chose not to wear a mask, and then use the givernment to deny the unmasked (and unvaxxed) their rights of living in what was once a freer society. Therefore the maskers for maskers to be entitled to respect, they owe those they attacked a big sincere apology and need to say it for the next two years ... about the length of time they spewed their venom and hatred.


45 posted on 04/23/2022 6:47:57 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

so NOW we have to respect different opinions


46 posted on 04/23/2022 6:48:00 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: 2banana

‘My bad. No hard feelings!’

actually, they’re not even saying that; they’re simply stating ‘respect me, just because’...

they will never admit to any ‘my bads’; never....


47 posted on 04/23/2022 6:48:26 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: Mean Daddy

Sadly, since I restored my health, I can no longer accommodate my wishes on demand.

“Lethal weapon” was apt at one time; sometimes I long for days gone by. :)


48 posted on 04/23/2022 6:49:36 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I figure that those wearing masks are the same people who get their news from CNN and MSNBC or listen to NPR


49 posted on 04/23/2022 6:49:52 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Maybe they’re immune compromised because they don’t come into contact with enough germs?


50 posted on 04/23/2022 6:51:39 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I was shocked to see only about four people with masks in a crowded supermarket.

It was great to see all their faces.


51 posted on 04/23/2022 6:52:23 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Respect their decisions.


Nope. I like to say that a person did something stupid, rather than say they “are” stupid. And that applies to a lot of things. It most definitely applies to masks.

So I can respect a person as a child of God. But that doesn’t mean I respect their stupid decisions.


52 posted on 04/23/2022 6:52:46 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: metmom

From the article. “No one should roll their eyes at — much less taunt or belittle — people who still wear masks. As always, the circumstances of strangers’ lives are unknown to all of us — and none of us have standing to judge legitimate health decisions people may be making.”

Where was this call for tolerance before? I think it was Kurt Schlicter who wrote an article about how it’s too late for unity after what they’ve done to us.


53 posted on 04/23/2022 6:54:43 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

These are the people that forced our kids to wear masks for 2 years and forced people to lose their jobs for not taking an experimental shot.

Zero sympathy for these evil people.


54 posted on 04/23/2022 6:54:51 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: imabadboy99

We need to come up with a good term for those who continue to wear masks so we can easily point to them and ridicule them - “Hey look! It’s a _________”


55 posted on 04/23/2022 6:57:14 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

but even then some had the mask pulled down under the nose.

***********

Never understood that reasoning. If your nose and mouth aren’t covered
then the mask is useless unless. But a lot wear them that way.


56 posted on 04/23/2022 6:57:53 AM PDT by deport
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To: Maskot

“I ridicule them every chance I get!”

Well, my wife has a severe lung condition and wears a mask occasionally to protect against particulates primarily, not viruses. If you’re absolutely sure you can tell the difference between someone with a medical condition versus others, I guess you can go ahead with the ridicule. On the other hand, if you end up hassling someone who is ill, that would kind of make you, I don’t know, a jerk?


57 posted on 04/23/2022 6:58:11 AM PDT by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Masks are the MAGA hats of the left. I hope they never take them off and would even encourage them to do so - makes it easier to pinpoint the morons among us.


58 posted on 04/23/2022 6:59:10 AM PDT by Teflonic (tt)
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To: Roadrunner383

If I’m familiar with people who are wearing masks now, and did before WuFlu, then I assume they’re legit. If they didn’t before, but are now (and have been for 2 years) then they’re idiots.

If I saw your wife out and about and didn’t know her, I’d assume health issues.


59 posted on 04/23/2022 7:02:16 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: Jonty30

I wore one yesterday at the market. I wear it on top of my head. Got a lot of stares from the masked nuts.


60 posted on 04/23/2022 7:02:38 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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