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On one of our 2 busiest streets, there's an electric sign that reads: "Be a patriot! Wear a mask!"
The sign is for the VFW post here.
I admit to being shocked that the VFW would be the joint that would post that message.
But, it's a good kind of shocked.
I know it's not a 100% (or anything close) thing, but I figured those members would predominantly be in the "COVID is a hoax" camp.
Makes me rethink just how many of their members are really ultra-right. At least at this post.
Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,812 posts)I wouldnt be surprised to find out that many members have succumbed to Covid-19 this past year.
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)There have only been 2 deaths, out of around 8,000 people in this zip code.
Take away the LTC where my BiL lives (200 cases, zero deaths), and there's only been about 900 cases. Yes, that's 11.25%, but not enough to support they got hit hard & changed their tune.
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)You're right, of course. And, I go that way almost every day, because the golf course is that way, one of the liquor stores, one of the grocers, and one of the pharmacies is right there.
If they had their sign that way a while back, I'd have seen it before.
One modest defense: they did completely shut down in accordance with Illinois mitigation rules. So, they may have been serious about it the whole time. But, the message is new & old at the same time.