John Griswold
2 min readNov 1, 2020

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Well, to start with this isn't true. And more importantly, this isn't about YOU. I don't wear a mask when I'm by myself, around the few people in my bubble, walking the dog at our large dog park where maintaining distance is easy. I ALWAYS wear a mask in the store, Home Depot, the fly shop, basically anywhere that I can't maintain distance from strangers. Your mask might protect you, it WILL protect others from you. 100 percent? Not likely. But I have to ask you, if wearing a mask when you can't maintain distance would reduce the risk you present to others by 20%, would you do it?

Here in Utah young conservatives make up a large plurality of the population. They decided to listen to Trump, to ignore mask wearing recommendations, to gather in large groups, and as Gomer Pyle would say, "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise, our case load exploded. We went in a month and a half from 3-400 cases a day to 1600, from a 5% positivity of tests to 18%, from unstressed hospitals providing normal care to mandatory overtime for hospital employees, outstripping of critical care abilities, and yes, triage plans (death panels) to separate those with poor chances of recovery to be excluded from high levels of care.

So, it sounds like you pose a minimal threat to others, given that you have a low degree of social interaction. Great. Remember though that the science is clear; mask wearing and distancing slows or stops the spread of Covid, being "young and healthy" is NOT a guarantee that getting the disease won't be fatal, or will not have long term health ramifications. And just maybe, if enough people take standard public health practices to heart. I can take my 98 year old, wounded and decorated veteran dad out of his care facility for one more fishing trip before he dies.

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John Griswold
John Griswold

Written by John Griswold

Master carpenter, watercolor artist and beat up old jock…owned by Black Lab Bo who considers two tennis balls a minimum mouthful

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