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pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
Tue May 5, 2020, 11:07 PM May 2020

Good message about Covid-19 being shared on Facebook.

I don't know who wrote this, but it deserves to be shared widely.

● I want you to know that I am educated enough to know that I could be asymptomatic and still give you the virus.

● No, I don’t “live in fear” of the virus; I just want to be part of the solution, not the problem.

● I don’t feel like the “government is controlling me;” I feel like I’m being a contributing adult to society and I want to teach others the same.

● The world doesn’t revolve around me. It’s not all about me and my comfort.

● If we all could live with other people's consideration in mind, this whole world would be a much better place.

● Wearing a mask doesn’t make me weak, scared, stupid, or even “controlled.” It makes me considerate.

● When you think about how you look, how uncomfortable it is, or what others think of you, just imagine someone close to you - a child, a father, a mother, grandparent, aunt, or uncle - choking on a respirator , alone without you or any family member allowed at bedside.

● Ask yourself if you could have sucked it up a little for them.

Copied and posted. Do the same?

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Good message about Covid-19 being shared on Facebook. (Original Post) pnwmom May 2020 OP
Excellent! Yes, & can c/p that on my FB page. Cha May 2020 #1
I love my wife too much to endanger her. alfredo May 2020 #2
It's like being required by law to use your headlights in the dark. Midnight Writer May 2020 #3
Good analogy. And, yes, many selfish and/or stupid are objecting to this. nt pnwmom May 2020 #5
K & R SunSeeker May 2020 #4
Thank YOU! smirkymonkey May 2020 #6
I tell folk I wear this mask because I fear... sanatanadharma May 2020 #7
I don't tell anybody anything. cwydro May 2020 #8
K&R brer cat May 2020 #9
K&R and shared! Roland99 May 2020 #10
Those protesting their rights being violated over being told to wear a mask Heartstrings May 2020 #11
K&R Blue Owl May 2020 #12

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
2. I love my wife too much to endanger her.
Wed May 6, 2020, 12:51 AM
May 2020

Even strangers command respect. If others don’t I discretely walk away.

I went to the store during senior hour. It was raining hard, and that meant few others were there.
Forgot to get salsa.
Next week.

Midnight Writer

(21,540 posts)
3. It's like being required by law to use your headlights in the dark.
Wed May 6, 2020, 01:35 AM
May 2020

It not only protects you, it protects everyone else.

What's the big deal?

People are fighting over this?

sanatanadharma

(3,639 posts)
7. I tell folk I wear this mask because I fear...
Wed May 6, 2020, 09:06 AM
May 2020

..I fear that without it, I won't live long enough to go to your funeral.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
8. I don't tell anybody anything.
Wed May 6, 2020, 10:20 AM
May 2020

No one has asked, but I couldn’t give a fig what anybody thinks about my wearing a mask.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
11. Those protesting their rights being violated over being told to wear a mask
Wed May 6, 2020, 02:49 PM
May 2020

conveniently (?) forget the “no shoes, no shirt, no service” rule....

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