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Dear Covid Denying Protester
Dear Protestor,
Yes, you. The one who is demanding your constitutional right to get a haircut and your freedom to grocery shop without a mask.
I have a little newsflash for you:
No man is an island. You don’t live in a plastic bubble. Your tiny saliva drops go flying all around you and they land on the rest of us. Even though you can’t see them, they’re real.
Let me fill you in on what you did last week when you marched around town demanding your rights.
See, you don’t realize it, but you carry the virus. You don’t know it because you’re one of the many, many asymptomatic virus carriers. But whether you knew it or not, you shared a lot more than your opinion when you went marching around in public.
Remember when you stopped for gas on your way to the city? You didn’t wipe down the handle of the pump and you didn’t wear gloves. The car behind you was driven by a woman on her way to work at the local pharmacy. She put her hand where yours was. Then she rubbed her eye.
She has coronavirus now, but she doesn’t know it. She’ll be shedding the virus for the next ten days before she gets sick. Her 84 year Mom lives with her. Oops.
You know the other guy in the photo you put on Instagram? He has heart disease. You weren’t…
