This should not be necessary. But sadly it is:
“I would really love to see in North Dakota that we could just skip this thing that other parts of the nation are going through where they’re trading a divide — either it’s ideological or political or something — around masks versus no mask. This is a, I would say, senseless dividing line, and I would ask people to try to dial up your empathy and your understanding.”
“If someone is wearing a mask, they’re not doing it to represent what political party they’re in or what candidates they support,” Burgum said, before his voice began breaking. “They might be doing it because they’ve got a 5-year-old child who’s been going through cancer treatments. They might have vulnerable adults in their life who currently have covid, and they’re fighting.”
And that someone might just be a decent human being who doesn’t know if they might have the virus without knowing it and don’t want to take the chance of infecting someone else — especially those people who might have a five-year-old undergoing cancer treatment or someone taking care of an elderly parent. If everyone wore masks, socially distanced where ever possible, and washed their hands obsessively we could significantly reduce the risk of transmission.
I will never understand why so many people find these guidelines so onerous that they simply cannot do it. And the fact that following these guidelines would allow the economy to open more safely and allow people to go back to work and let businesses welcome back customers. I just don’t understand all these supposed adults acting like a bunch of rebellious teenagers.
I hadn’t heard about these folks shaming the mask wearers but I can’t say I’m surprised. It’s been turned into a symbol of Trump loyalty — because Trump has turned it into a symbol of loyalty. They’d follow him over the edge of the Grand Canyon.
Imagine if he modeled responsible behavior …