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By John Kanelis<\/strong> \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

There isn’t an official scorekeeper of these matters, but I want to offer a nominee for most ridiculous political argument in human history.<\/p>\n

It’s the argument over whether wearing a mask in public should be allowed. Or should be discontinued.<\/p>\n

I have grown weary of all the news reports we hear about individuals bristling at mandates to wear masks in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that, I hasten to add, is still killing people<\/em>, albeit at rapidly declining rates.<\/p>\n

Commercial air passengers are getting arrested; hospital employees in Houston filed suit against their employer for requiring they wear masks; people are defying government orders; they ignore business signs imploring customers to mask up and maintain social distancing.<\/p>\n

This is absurd in the extreme! It’s also dangerous — and deadly!<\/p>\n

You know how this argument breaks along partisan lines. Conservatives hate the mask mandates; progressives are more tolerant of them. What’s more, they’re fighting with each other, sometimes actually coming to blows.<\/p>\n

Holy crap, man!<\/p>\n

President Biden took office in January and said mask wearing was an act of “patriotism.” I thought in the moment that he was perhaps overstating a bit the importance of masking up. Now I believe that he was correct in seeking to appeal to our collective love of country.<\/p>\n

As for the political disagreements, I will continue to stand with those who believe we haven’t yet crossed the finish line in this battle against the killer virus. It’s getting closer, but we aren’t there.<\/p>\n

Not yet.<\/p>\n\n

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