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6/22/20  11:26 am
Commenter: Jane Blanton

Mask are not for everyone
 

In mandating everyone wear a mask you are causing great stress and anxiety for those of us who cannot wear one.  You are also causing undo anxiety on all who are unable to wear one.  This anxiety put on older people, in this category, puts undo stress on their body as they try to figure out how they will go about their daily or weekly errands. 

I have seen very much older people driving in this very hot weather lately with their older truck windows rolled all the way up and still driving with their mask on.  This is unhealthy for the person and unsafe for the rest of those around.  Depriving a body of fresh air for any amount of time is not good for anyone's health.

If there are people who feel more comfortable wearing the masks for their own health that is one thing, but to mandate and scare all people in trying to do something that goes against their own health issues, that is entirely different.  Please make the masks only voluntary.

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