Donald Trump is our elected leader. He leads by example. He holds much more sway in certain parts of the country than in others.
Here is him leading by example:
Florida Sun Sentinal, May 28 2020 No masks required in government buildings Palm Beach County drops social distancing restrictions for residents visiting libraries, government center
When you go to check out a book or get a building permit, you won’t be required to wear a mask, have your temperature taken or follow social distancing rules.
“A mask doesn’t look good”
Well, perhaps the Palm Beach County public is proving it doesn’t really need libraries anyway.
The public is free to come and go without restrictions, although employees and contractors must wear masks and have their temperature monitored.
“As far as the public goes, that’s not something — we really can’t — consent is involved and everything, and that’s not something that our current program was prepared to handle,” said Scott Marting, the county’s director of risk management.
“I think there’s underlying issues when you start to test members of the public.”
The “underlying issue” is very simple. If you are intelligent, you always have covered your mouth when you coughed or sneezed.
You do that to protect other people from your germs.
And because you have no way of knowing whether or not you are carrying the COVID-19 virus, you wear a mask, to protect other people from your germs.
That is common sense and common courtesy.
In a mask factory. (“Live and let die” was playing.)
You also wear a mask to protect yourself, but even if you don’t give a damn about your own life, at least you care about the lives of others.
In short, unless you are a boorish ignoramus, you always have been covering your mouth when you coughed or sneezed.
Now especially during the pandemic, where more than 100,000 Americans already have died from the virus, you wear a mask (unless you are the abovementioned boorish ignoramus).
That is the very simple, “underlying issue.”
The issue reflects a national debate about how to govern people’s behavior at a time when many people resist.
In Palm Beach County, it also comes as public officials are criticized for reopening businesses without meeting all of the federal government’s guidelines for reopening.
From malls to libraries to government buildings, some people insist they have a right to decide for themselveswhat precautions to take.
Allowing that attitude may not be safe, some medical experts say.
These Palm Beachers may think they have a God-given, Constitutional right to decide for themselves.
But when you’re an inconsiderate damn fool, who doesn’t care about endangering the lives of the people around you, sometimes the government has to step in — unless the Palm Beach government also consists of inconsiderate damn fools.
“They have a huge obligation to the employees and the patrons of their buildings,
If my leader doesn’t wear a mask, I don’t wear a mask — even in a hospital.
and they should require that people maintain physical distance and face coverings,” said Dr. Terry Adirim, the senior associate dean for clinical affairs at Florida Atlantic University’s college of medicine and an expert on public health.
If you don’t wish to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle, fine.
You’ll just be one more organ donor for the people who desperately need kidneys, hearts, livers, etc.
But when you endanger other people, because you are an idiot, the government should protect the other people.
Currently all of the tax collectors’ offices require masks and social distancing, according to Palm Beach County Tax Collector, and starting June 1, all transactions at their offices will be by appointment only.
The Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller’s Office also requires masks for customers.
Under pressure from the public, Palm Beach County allowed businesses to reopen May 11 — before the rest of South Florida — even though coronavirus infections and the percentage of people testing positive had not declined.
Beaches started to reopen May 18, more than a week before Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Broward County, unlike Palm Beach County, asks both the public and employees to wear masks inside government buildings.
But Broward does not screen employees by taking their temperatures.
Yes, yes, so 100,000 people have died, Big deal. I’m so macho I don’t need one. Oh, you wear a mask to protect other people? Why should I start caring about other people? I never have before.
If there is one thing we Americans demand, it’s that our leaders lead us by example.
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