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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 07:18 AM Jun 2020

Miami Herald editorial: "If you live in Miami and won't wear a mask, you're just an ignorant fool"

(yes that is the actual headline)

https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article243639427.html

Sorry, but people who don’t wear masks are endangering all of us.

Are they so self-absorbed that it doesn’t matter to them?

Several studies have confirmed that wearing the right mask significantly cuts the coronavirus transmission rate. It is simply everyone’s responsibility to protect each other. It’s the same as reporting suspected child abuse, or a drunk driver careening down the expressway.

We know that South Floridians just want their old lives back. That day will come far sooner if they just put on their damn masks.


this info is relevant: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article243631342.html

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said he won’t revive old business restrictions to fight worsening COVID numbers but will order county police to crack down with stricter enforcement.

“We’re not going back,” Gimenez said in a video address Thursday, his second in two days as coronavirus statistics continue to worsen in Miami-Dade. “We are going to get tough.”

The statement was the latest effort by the mayor to blunt Miami-Dade’s worsening coronavirus numbers with a call for residents and business owners to follow emergency rules crafted by his administration to reopen much of the economy during the coronavirus pandemic.

After four weeks of businesses operating under the county’s detailed restrictions on capacity, social distancing and mask requirements, the statistics show a reversal in the COVID-19 statistics the mayor had tied to reopening.
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Miami Herald editorial: "If you live in Miami and won't wear a mask, you're just an ignorant fool" (Original Post) steve2470 Jun 2020 OP
They should have added....... mitch96 Jun 2020 #1
+100! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 #2

mitch96

(13,871 posts)
1. They should have added.......
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 07:37 AM
Jun 2020

If you don't like wearing a mask, you will REALLY hate a tube down your throat and the respirator.
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