Masks should be worn by choice to save lives and prevent Covid-19 spread

 "Your freedom ends where my nose begins." 

August 18, 2021 saw 1,105 deaths from COVID-19. That's in ONE DAY. Does this scare you? So far, 644,854 people have died from COVID-19 in the USA alone, 4,442,829 worldwide. 

Whether it's a punch or a virus particle from your sneeze or cough, you do NOT have the right to infect me or anyone else. I'm wearing a mask, and you should too, not only to keep any sickness to yourself, but more importantly for YOU personally, to protect yourself from the sickness of others. 

So your right to bear arms allows you to carry a weapon for self-protection? A much better protection would be a mask. Your weapon is NOT effective against virus particles, but a mask is. Every day, only 106 people die from gun violence. 

You don't like people blowing cigarette smoke in your face? Neither do most people, and now there is a restriction against smoking where it will affect others, including you. We don't want to get lung cancer. COVID-19 is a similar risk, though much more immediate. There are more than 1,600 deaths from cancer each day.

You don't like people speeding or running red lights and stop signs? No, neither do most people. So we have laws against it, enforced by the police. Look at the stats, it's much more likely you'll die of COVID-19 than a speeder or red-light runner.  "More than two people are killed every day in red light running crashes, including drivers, passengers, pedestrians and cyclists". Should we not have some stricter laws to protect us? And only about 28 people in the United States die every day in drunk-driving crashes. COVID-19 is much more dangerous, yet we have stricter enforcement of DUI. 

In 2019, an average of only 137 people die daily from drug overdoses. We have strict laws against drugs, yet COVID-19 is far more deadly. 

So from what are you afraid of dying? Check out the stats on Google, ask for daily deaths from 'your greatest fear', and see if you have more to fear from COVID-19 than what you are afraid of. Now PUT ON THAT MASK AND PROTECT ALL OF US!