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Why aren’t you wearing a mask to protect yourself from the coronavirus?

It’s mid-February. Height of the flu season. I was at my primary care doctor’s office. Before I could see him, they made me put on a protective face mask. He said it was to protect him from illness so he could continue to see and help his patients.

When I checked out at the front desk, I noticed a box of those protective masks. They were next to a bowl of condoms. Safe sex, safe breathing!

I grabbed a couple of masks and took the above photo. It was done as a joke. Who knew I was two months ahead of my time?

Over the weekend, Illinois residents were told by Governor Pritzker that if we have to go outside, we should wear a mask. It’s for our protection, as well anyone we come into contact with. Safety all around. Makes sense, right? Even Donald Trump says we should wear them, although he won’t. Sigh! Something about dictators not respecting him. Sigh!

Yesterday, I’m taking a drive around the suburb in which I’m hibernating. While I’m cruising down the main drag of this town, I counted ten people out for a walk. Out of those ten, only one person was wearing a mask. ONE!

I don’t get it! I can’t begin to understand why anyone would take the slightest chance of becoming ill..or worse. If you are going anywhere you might encounter people, wouldn’t you want to take every precaution possible?

The mask you see in the above photo is gone. I have no idea where it is. I probably tossed it immediately after taking the joke photo. I now have a makeshift mask. It’s a scarf that wraps around my face. Yeah, it’s tough to breathe through it, but better that now than not being able to breathe at all later.