It’s been over a year since COVID-19 touched U.S. soil and, honestly, things have not improved much since the pandemic started. COVID-19 cases have been skyrocketing
ever since with little dips in the number of cases. As of March 18, there have been 60,000 new cases per day on average. Since then, scientists have created a vaccine that so far only 8% of people have fully taken. These notions just prove that there’s still a lot of work to be done if we all want life to go back to normal. Also, it just shocks me that Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott lifted statewide mask mandates when they are very much needed at this moment.
Obviously, the biggest thing preventing COVID-19 numbers from getting even higher are enforcing and following mask mandates. So, without them, there will be some people that won’t wear masks and will risk getting the virus and giving it to others. Since the state of Texas will not have mask mandates anymore, cases will most likely go up even more.
Seeing videos of people storming into groceries without masks because they claim it’s
their “human right” to go into a store scares me, to say the least. We are in the
middle of a pandemic and the only reason for wearing masks is to protect us from getting a literal virus. There was no need to make wearing a mask political when it was simply implemented to stop the spread of a virus.
At this point in time, it’s way too early to be lifting mask mandates. We are still at the peak of the pandemic, and it’s dangerous to just allow people to leave their homes with no facial coverings. I long to go out into the world without fear of contracting this virus, but this longing seems to be so far out of reach. If more state governors follow the lead of Texas before things get exponentially better, I truly cannot tell when this whole thing will be over.
