As San Jose State’s masking policy is expected to move from required to “strongly recommended,” there is one aspect of this I can’t stand: how often people complain about having to wear masks.
After hearing that, I get a rush of blood to my ears and am overcome by the visage and sound of every knee-high, red-faced, snot-shooting and crying baby that I’ve ever had the misfortune of looking after.
Assuming you’re not a child and are not in need of a nanny and sippy cup then we can have a real conversation about masking.
Masks are good and necessary.
Wearing one can be cumbersome, it can be awkward and it can even be sad after living a life being unmasked for so long.
Make no mistake, I’m not a robot. I love seeing the faces of my loved ones as much as anyone else.
But have we become so lost in our pursuit of individualism and freedoms that we no longer see the people around us as people? I feel like we only see people as opponents, objects of obfuscation and barriers to the kind of world or perspective we want to have.
At the end of the day, it’s the only way for me to make sense of the visceral neglect and contempt we show for the people around us.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, masks help prevent severe illness and strain on the healthcare system.
I’ll meet the unconvinced reader halfway, because I’m aware of the previous pointed fingers and aspersions at the CDC’s handling of coronavirus information.
For people feeling uneasy about the U.S.’s more scientific institutions, the World Health Organization (WHO) also corroborates the scientific findings that masks are good.
Masks are a key measure to reduce transmission and save lives, according to WHO’s COVID-19 webpage.
If sheer numbers and a global scientific consensus isn’t enough for you, at this point, I can only assume you are actively participating in medical eugenics.
Medical eugenics was coined in 1883 by British explorer and natural scientist Francis Galton, according to Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Galton, the sicko, is quoted as saying that eugenics would allow “more suitable races or strains of blood a better chance of prevailing speedily over the less suitable.”
I cringe and wince at the idea and word “eugenics,” but given the facts, it’s hard not to see people who scoff and turn their exposed noses up at masks as actively harmful people with the intentions to kill.
In America, almost ten million people are considered “moderately-to-severely immunocompromised,” according to the Yale School of Medicine’s Clinical website and the most recent U.S. Census numbers.
Not recognizing people who are medically different from you and refusing to help them is similar to medical eugenics.
Everyone has the right to life, no matter their medical statuses.
Ask yourself, reader, who are you in this piece?
Are you going to be negligent in your responsibility to save the lives of those around you?
Are you unconcerned about the families of those next to you, the kids, the lives of your fellow countrymen?
Then you actively want people who have immune disorders, those over the age of 50 or any at-risk-health group to die.
Mask up, I strongly recommend it.
