Mask Up, Asshole 😷

'Shut this place down!' GOP congressman has a meltdown on the House floor over mask mandate https://t.co/1xF7Gfy5hp

— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 28, 2021

 I was just waiting for somebody to say this in public:

"We are absolutely sick and tired of this, and so are the American people. This sham of an institution is doing nothing for the American people, nothing for the betterment of the people that sent their representatives here," Roy added. "Which is it, vaccines or masks? Do the vaccines work or they don't work? Do the masks work or they don't work? I'd like to know which it is. I'd like Dr. Fauci to come down and answer a single question about natural immunity. You've been infected with the virus, you have immunity. …Or are they just going to go around poking people, saying you must take a vaccine? Oh but sorry the vaccine doesn't work, you must wear a mask. This institution is a sham, and we should adjourn and shut this place down."

First, that's not what "natural immunity" is.  Second, as there are cases of "breakthrough" infections, there are cases of re-infection.  Maybe the jackass from Texas would like to talk to this woman:

Eketrina Wilson thought her age would protect her from COVID-19, but she ended up in the intensive care unit and spent five days in the hospital after she was diagnosed July 17, reported the Winston-Salem Journal.

"I didn't think it would be this bad," Wilson said. "I thought it would be simple, and it's not."

Wilson's condition worsened past the point where some medications can be used to treat COVID-19, and doctors struggled to get her to the point where drawing a breath didn't cause pain.

"[Her oxygen levels dropped] even when going to the bathroom or talking continuously, more than a few sentences," said Dr. Kinchit Shah, one of the doctors who treated her. "We had a hard time getting her comfortable using oxygen and able to function."

And there's the simple matter of infecting others, even if you are vaccinated.  The Delta variant is so contagious a vaccinated person can contract it, show few or no symptoms (lucky you!), but pass it on to others.

The preventative here is based on the concept of public health.  Or, to put it in terms even Chip Roy is presumably smart enough to understand:  "Your freedom stops at the end of my nose."  You may think you should be free of a mask; but I should also be free of the risk of you infecting me.  

Mask up, asshole.