MASKS: It’s bandana time

In an area population of more than 150,000 ,we have minimal known cases of COVID-19 now, so it seems to be trivial. But with a gestation period of 9-14 days we could easily have hundreds of non-symptomatic folks running around exposing people to COVID-19. This throws the door open for a sudden explosion of the virus, so I’m hinky about even going to grocery stores which are packed with folks not wearing a mask.

The medical folks’ insistence that if you’re not sick you don’t need to wear a mask of any kind is short-sighted. They miss the point that to stop the virus from exploding within a community, those who are infected, but are not symptomatic, must be masked, even if it’s just a bandana or scarf! Ergo, we should all be masked in public.

JAMES STRONG

Coeur d’Alene