Covering up could help stop infection, but wearing a mask in public is still a crime in some states.
Kevin Krannawitter won’t wear a mask because he just doesn’t think it’s necessary, whatever the scientists say. Marilyn Singleton won’t wear one either — and she’s a physician — because she says it’s un-American for the government to force people to cover their faces. You won’t see Ricardo Thornton in a mask because it reminds him of a time when he wasn’t free to make his own decisions about his life.
The mayor said he has fielded calls from people asking: “Where is the science behind us wearing a mask?” “Trump supporters, many of whom may live in less-populated red states, may currently know fewer people with covid, and may therefore minimize the threat,” said Robert Klitzman, a psychiatrist at Columbia University who specializes in bioethics. “They don’t want to wear masks — they may feel they are being imposed and are ‘un-American,’ perhaps something only people in the Far East do.
“God has got this,” he said. Griffin said he does not want to be treated like he is infected, a person to be avoided or bundled up behind a mask.Not far away, Devonte Jefferson, 27, and Larry Buckner, 18, played with a 2-year-old terrier in a strip mall parking lot. Neither had masks, gloves or any concern about theJefferson, who works demolishing properties for building renovations, said he is more worried about asbestos or lead paint on his job than about the pandemic.
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