I had heard about this from a friend in Arkansas – people were printing fake cards indicating that they were exempt from wearing a mask for health reasons. As someone who is always looking for the light at the end of the tunnel, I thought that maybe there was enough public backlash and confrontation to those not wearing masks that this was seen as a logistical way to get around it.
But, of course, in Ontario we’re better than that.
Then, I read this article this morning.
Doctors, legitimate patients baffled as anti-maskers print off ‘exemption cards’ to flout rules
And, the Premier was just asked about it during his daily press briefing.
I can’t think of just the right word to describe my feeling but the following come immediately to mind.
- stupid
- disrespectful
- outrageous
- disgusting
- unbelievable
- and, a whole lot of profanity that I’d prefer not to put on this blog
But, I think I’ll settle on the word selfish.
We live in such a unique and dangerous time. Everyone that I know is scared about getting this virus. I had to make a shopping trip yesterday otherwise I would have stayed home. I’m happy to report that everyone I saw was masked up. It’s at the direction of our Health Unit.
We’ve heard so many times that “we’re all in this together”. I guess that isn’t entirely correct. A few selfish people aren’t with us.
If a second wave does indeed appear, we’ll know who we can blame it on.
How low can some people go?
I did think we were better than this. I guess not.
