Ross: Maybe it’s time to enact a ‘no mask, no service’ policy
Apr 20, 2020, 7:34 AM | Updated: Oct 8, 2024, 6:52 am
Doctor Meenal Viz holds a banner as she protests outside Downing Street in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Crowds of protesters are demanding liberation from social distancing rules — if only viruses responded to demonstrations!
Except now that I think of it, they just might.
It looked like those protesters in Michigan were gathering in large groups without masks, which is a pretty gutsy thing to do. But depending on how they feel in 14 days, it could turn out that it was a really dumb thing to do. And that’s the problem. There’s no way to know.
To gather in a group these days is like a game of tag where everyone could end up being “it.”
What that tells me is that you could reopen every business in America tomorrow only to find that a lot of us are going to stay right where we are, unless we feel it’s safe.
I think I know what would do the trick to solve that problem.
Two weeks ago, I’d have felt like a terrorist walking into a grocery store with a face mask on. Right?
Today, I would feel naked without one. Now, I feel like the human mouth has become a private part that you just don’t display in public; certainly not to strangers.
So, the real key to opening the economy is a simple sign in the door: “No Mask, No Service.” If it’s the kind of store where people like to touch stuff before they buy – “no mask, NO GLOVES, no service.”
Although, strangely, if you’re barefoot — I wouldn’t care.
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