I keep hearing people say the first amendment says they don’t have to wear a mask if they don’t want to do so. The Morris Menards has a sixteen square foot sign in front of its store making it very clear if the shopper doesn’t wear a mask they can’t come in. They have a person stationed by the gates to make sure.

Using the same argument, restaurants post “no shoes, no shirt, no service” signs which people have obeyed for years. Surely, seeing some big hairy chest while eating is less important than the possibility of getting and spreading a killer virus to others.

A person’s right to do something that isn’t banned by law ends the moment their right interferes with another person’s right. To think otherwise is just stupid. If a person doesn’t want to wear a mask in their vehicle, in the parking lot, in their house and yard, or in the middle of a field, that’s fine. If they like to walk or run on the street, sidewalk, or trail and are likely to encounter another person they should wear a mask or practice social distancing. They should wear a mask in apartment halls.

It is a person’s civic duty to keep from spreading a deadly virus or even a regular cold. It is selfish, inconsiderate, and un-American to aid in catching and then spreading the virus. I wonder when the law enforcement people will connect a person spreading the virus to another person who dies from it and calls it a felony!

Oh, Tom Hanks and his wife caught it in February and they keep getting their anti-bodies amount tested. They are declining rapidly which may mean they can soon get it again. Tom was on TV advocating the wearing of masks.