Masks are terrible, and I hate them. I will wear the mask until the coronavirus pandemic is in our rear-view mirror because I want this stupid thing over with.
Do I think they shut down the virus? No.
People wear masks and still get sick.
I have eyes. I see that we have more daily cases today than the day we put the mask order in place, but because I talk for a living, I see what is expelled in public places. And if this slows the spread a bit, I am fine with that.
If you want to argue about masks, you are in the wrong place. This isn’t Facebook.
Most Americans have decided that the masks are important and will wear them, a new poll shows 93% of Americans wear a mask daily.
Excerpt from US News:
More than nine in 10 U.S. adults (93%) said they sometimes, often or always wear a mask or face covering when they leave their home and are unable to socially distance, including more than seven in 10 (72%) who said they always do so, the poll revealed.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates that 60% of Alabamians are wearing masks.
Seems low to me, but sure let’s go with that. A majority of Americans and Alabamians are masking up to go out into the world.
This is a silent deal we have all made. Maybe we will get Thanksgiving, maybe Christmas, maybe Easter. Maybe one day we get back to normal if I wear this mask.
Maybe it is pointless, who knows. But what I do know is that people are wearing masks.
But even with this happening, we are bombarded with some of the most tone-deaf messaging imaginable, and that is usually followed with some good old fashioned ignorance.
Stop having indoor get-togethers.
Stop having indoor get-togethers.
Stop having indoor get-togethers.
Stop having indoor get-togethers.
Stop having indoor get-togethers.
Stop having indoor get-togethers.
Stop having indoor get-togethers.
Stop having indoor get-togethers.— Milena Rodban (@MilenaRodban) November 15, 2020
We're such self-centered children. Jesus. Had we put on a damn mask, stopped going to Applebee's for a few weeks and stayed the hell away from people as much as possible, this shit would be over. Instead, we're arguing for capacity crowds during a pandemic that's killed 215,000. https://t.co/qFCT53J4AL
— Josh Moon ?? (@Josh_Moon) October 13, 2020
Today we are pleading with people to wear masks. Yesterday, as I keep hearing, quite a few poll workers refused to wear them. https://t.co/CyhurxFQ6H
— John Archibald (@JohnArchibald) July 15, 2020
Robyn did not approve my "I'll be home for Christmas (because you won't wear your f—ing mask)" card idea and, frankly, you should demand one. https://t.co/iL5B0rushk
— John Hammontree (@JohnHammontree) November 13, 2020
My parents have not met my baby, I haven’t been home in a year, and I just canceled our planned tiny Thanksgiving. Wear a fucking mask.
— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) November 11, 2020
Who would be swayed by this? No one.
In fairness, from some of those, I just looked up some of the most insufferable people in Alabama media and searched “mask.”
But when you question this, you end up with stuff like this:
https://twitter.com/RaptorRoadhouse/status/1328160954438340609
This stuff is prevalent across the board. It seems the only thing that makes us feel better than wearing a mask is trying to shame others for not wearing a mask.
“I am wearing a mask but those people I don’t like are not!”
But all of this is noise. Most Alabamians are doing what they must and to prove this point, I will place a bit of a wager.
Let’s call it “The Dale Jackson Facemask Challenge.”
I will bet my $2,000 against anyone’s $1,000 that over 60%+1 of the people inside either Cullman Walmart are wearing masks.
Contact me at [email protected], and I will gladly schedule a time for us to meet in Cullman, Alabama, and conduct our survey.
With cash in hand, we go to Cullman, livestream the counting, and I will take your money.
There is no good cause or charity that will get the money if I win. This is not for Christmas for my son or a gift for my long-suffering wife.
This is solely a monetary transaction from your hand to my pocket to pay for the constant lies told about the people of this state.
I will take your $1,000 and use it to buy a new Xbox and alcohol.
Media outlets, politicians, healthcare “experts” and social media heroes are welcome to step up and prove their points that Alabamians are not taking this seriously. Will they?
Do I expect anyone to take me up on this? No, of course not. The hateful people who feel they must baselessly bash their neighbors are cowards at heart.
But never let it be said that I did not give them the incentive to prove their point — a point they know they won’t even attempt to back up.
They know they can’t. They know they are lying about their fellow Alabamians, as they normally do, and they will never own it.
Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 7-11 AM weekdays on WVNN.
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