Governor Offers His Thoughts on Businesses Requiring Customers to Wear Facemasks

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   Cindy Morris

   July 16, 2020 at 8:28 am

   Thank you Governor Gordon! You are the voice of reason in a world gone mad.

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     Harriett Oleson

     July 16, 2020 at 9:15 am

     I totally agree Cindy.. Wearing a mask is simply showing respect for your fellow man and it will reduce the number of cases. Making excuses to not wear a mask is very,very selfish.

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   Dennis Fox

   July 19, 2020 at 2:59 pm

   I agree with the governor. Private business has a constitutional rights to restrict entry to their establishment. Citizens also have the right to “Shop elsewhere.” Likewise, the governor has no authority to issue a state-wide mandate for everyone to wear a mask. In Wyoming we respect the law and understand it’s legal limits. The gov’t cannot and will not dictate how we breath. Wear a mask if you want, be free if you so choose. That is the definition of freedom in America.

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   mark steingass

   July 21, 2020 at 8:16 am

   I hope everyone considers that until a viable vaccine is produced we consider the “contagability factor”…the “incubation period” and the “sheer invisibility” of covid…unless each and every citizen in our own individual capacity act in a preventative “proactive” mitigative approach to slowing the spread of this “sickness”… we will continue “chasing covid19” like a “fire that can not be put out”… wearing a mask (if you are medically able to wear one) in addition to other safety protocols is but a small individual sacrifice to protect the freedoms we enjoy….it is our patriotic duty to help protect the vulnerable population, the elderly, our veterans, our fellow citizens, our local and state government, our state and nationally elected leaders, our way of life, the very “fabric” of our republic 

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     Harriett Oleson

     July 21, 2020 at 9:39 am

     Thank You Mark!! For an intelligent analysis of a VERY serious situation. I DO NOT understand posts to this forum that continue to say it is an” American Right” to NOT wear a mask and No governor can order them to do so. How can it be an “American Right ” to not wear a mask and INFECT other folks with this deadly virus. Even Dennis Fox, a candidate for the Wyoming State House takes this totally irresponsible stand. I am at a to loss as to how this virus that has killed 140,000 Americans, became a political issue and how it has become an individual right to spread it to more Americans. As you say, it is our Patriotic Duty to protect our fellow Americans from infection, Not claim it is your “American Right” to spread Covid-19.. Come on America, let’s stand together without the SILLY GARBAGE rhetoric and defeat this Virus.

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       mark steingass

       July 21, 2020 at 10:41 am

       Harriett…thank you so very much for your kind words…as written about the history of the 1918 pandemic face masks were as much as a contentious issue as they are today…contentious for the same reason…many felt that being required to wear masks was an infringement of their rights…back then when a man, woman or child refused to wear face masks during the 1918 pandemic they were referred to as “slackers”…”mask slackers” or “mask scoffers” for those individuals there were fines imposed, “slackers” were prohibited from using public transportation, ticketed and fined…we all have our own opinions…sometimes i think we need to look at problems from different perspectives to achieve the desired results of what is best for “the greater good” of the population

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