I am incredibly disheartened by the rhetoric circulating through our town, state and country. Mask-wearing has become an issue of politics rather than kindness and human decency.
While I understand that challenging authority is necessary to democracy, this is not “forced conformity,” but rather an act of solidarity with those in your community who are more vulnerable than you.
Some of our neighbors and members of our family refuse to wear a mask in public at what could be the expense of my child and others like her.
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