It's Not a Debate: Wear a Mask By Connie Schultz

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It's Not a Debate: Wear a Mask
By Connie Schultz
July 2, 2020 5 min read


If you're still opposed to wearing a face mask in public, this column is for Very Special You.

I don't mean that sarcastically. One of us believes we're magically immune to this highly contagious virus, and it sure isn't me. I've never felt that special a day in my life. So, lucky you.

Except you probably aren't that lucky.

I'm making a judgment on your news consumption when I say, perhaps you're unaware of the latest numbers of COVID-19 infections and deaths. We've all been busy.

I'm here to help. As of 12:14 p.m. EST on Thursday, July 2, these are the numbers in the U.S. as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more commonly called the CDC:

— 2,679,230 cases of infection.

— 128, 024 deaths.

In the time it took you to read those figures, the numbers have gone up. Also on Thursday, July 2, the U.S. hit an all-time high of newly reported cases of infection, at over 40,000.

Across the country, public health experts cite the same reasons: Too many people are not staying home, and when they go out, they are refusing to wear face masks. They're also not keeping a safe distance of six feet from others.

Let's acknowledge the obvious: We have a president who has refused to encourage his fellow Americans to wear face masks during this deadly pandemic. Just hours ago, CNN's Jim Acosta reported that President Donald Trump had this to say about the spike of cases in several states: "We are putting out that life because it's a bad life that we're talking about."

Read that out loud.

Lord help us.

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