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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Florida is the third most populous State in the Union. California and Texas have greater population and the State of New York has less, but the State of New York has many more deaths.
As of today.
Deaths from Covid in Florida. 19,627
Deaths from Covid in New York. 34,637
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I'm not concerned -at all- about deaths. People die every day. People in the Villages are years closer to death than any other 70-square-mile patch in the country, on average, just by virtue of the fact that they're mostly seniors.
I'm concerned with people SURVIVING the sickness with life-long permanent lung and heart damage. I'm concerned with families suffering needlessly. I'm concerned with people not being allowed to say goodbye to those loved ones who are dying. I'm concerned - in short - with the LIVING.
I don't want to get sick, and survive, and end up having to carry around an air tank in my purse for the rest of my life. I don't want my husband to get sick, and be told his heart scarring is so bad that he'll never be able to play golf again.
I also don't want to have to spend my life inside my house, being afraid that some idiot with Covid who refuses to wear a mask or social distance is going to start coughing right when he passes me in the bread aisle at Walmart.
If you can't breathe when you wear a mask, then you shouldn't be out in public. You're WAY too sick to be in the presence of other people who aren't wearing THEIR masks.
If you can breathe when you wear a mask, then - wear a mask.
I know of ONE person who might be exempt - and that's someone with something horribly wrong with his nose, who probably wouldn't be able to endure the pain of having something touching it. Him, I have compassion for. Everyone else? Nope. Wear a mask. If you don't wear a mask, and you get sick, then my thoughts and prayers will be for whatever family or friends you have who tried to get you to wear a mask, to no avail.