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Originally Posted by kappy
The country of Taiwan (population almost 24 million) has had the virus under control from the beginning. In fact, there was not one new locally transmitted case of the virus for more than 200 days, NOT ONE! While Florida (population 21.5 million) has anywhere from 5000 - 10,000 cases every day. How does Taiwan do it? One of the main reasons is the mandatory use of masks in public.
Isn’t it time that we asked our representatives to make mask wearing mandatory in our state? Mandatory mask wearing is a small sacrifice for a short period of time in order to reduce and finally eliminate COVID-19? If the number of cases and deaths continue to increase, we may be forced to have another complete shutdown.
We don’t have to wait until the vaccines are distributed. Call our representatives and tell them that there should be a mandatory mask policy put in place immediately. The number for Gov. Ron DeSantis is 850-488-7146, for Sen. Dennis Baxley is 352-750-3133 and for Rep. Brett Hage is 352-315-4445. The phone numbers and/or email addresses for our county commissioners in Lake, Marion and Sumter can be found at the county websites.
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It is interesting, as I recently took a trip up north to my old home state. Going into stores I did not see anyone who did not have a mask on. I went to several restaurants and again, I did not see anyone who was not wearing a mask until they were seated and who were significantly distance from other patrons. Capacity was set at 50 percent but if I had to guess each time I went out the restaurants they were probably at 30 percent. Yet COVID cases are significantly up as is hospital admittance but fatalities are down. So the question is how is the virus being spread if masks are so effective. I am not saying that you should not wear a mask. I wear mine all the time, but it is clear that something else is at play here and we really do not have all the answers as far as this virus is concerned.