{"id":541,"date":"2020-05-16T18:31:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T22:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/?p=541"},"modified":"2020-05-16T22:49:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T02:49:55","slug":"i-carry-a-gun-for-self-defense-but-i-aint-wearing-no-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"“I Carry a Gun for Self-defense, but I Ain’t Wearing No Mask.”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Virginian-Pilot<\/a><\/em> reports that almost one in five workers in Eastern Shore poultry plants have tested positive for COVID-19<\/a>. This result tracks with a study suggesting that spending more than a short time in enclosed spaces drastically increases risk of contracting the virus<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another study shows that COVID-19 infections would plummet if 80% of Americans wore masks<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer to both our pandemic and economic problems is very simple. Avoid spending more than a few minutes in closed spaces with other people. If you must do this, wear a mask. Indeed, wear a mask pretty much all the time when near other people. Testing and tracking would also help<\/a>, but these two simple things can get us more quickly back to watching sports over a plate of wings and a glass of beer in a bar. We don’t need government assistance or private donations. Find something to cover up your face before you go out and limit your time indoors with people you haven’t quarantined with (“quaranteam,” as a friend of mind called it) whether it’s a retail store, salon, or bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demanding a right not<\/em> to do this in the name of liberty makes no sense of any kind. It’s curious to me that the same people who arm themselves so they’re prepared to stop a mass shooting in a McDonald’s won’t wear a mask to stop the spread of a disease. Your mask protects me more than you, and I’m willing to do my part to make sure I don’t give you my bug. In any event, it’s the fastest way out of this economic mess and the best way to protect as many lives as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governor Northam should require that everyone wear a mask in public as we reopen Virginia. Even if he doesn’t, get a mask. Wear it a lot. Things will get better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Virginian-Pilot reports that almost one in five workers in Eastern Shore poultry plants have tested positive for COVID-19. This result tracks with a study suggesting that spending more than a short time in enclosed spaces drastically increases risk of contracting the virus. Another study shows that COVID-19 infections would plummet if 80% of Americans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[190,191],"tags":[201,200],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corona-virus","category-covid-19","tag-corona-virus","tag-covid-19"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions\/553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foggybottomline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}