PEOPLE RIGHTS
By BOB EXLINE
(Permission To Republished)
“Your freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.” This quote, attributed to Oliver Wendall Holmes, describes a reasonable view of personal liberties in a free society. People are free to act until their actions hurt another person. I can swing my fist all I like until I am in a position where it can be reasonably assumed my fist will hit another person’s nose.
People in society today have a right to refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and have a right to refuse to wear a mask, as long as they do so in a place where it can be reasonably assumed they won’t infect other people when they get the disease. Since many carriers of Covid are asymptomatic, no one can be sure they are not infected. Going into public without a mask, especially if you are unvaccinated, is like swinging your fists wildly in a dark room containing other people. Maybe you won’t mean to hit another person, but you would be guilty of battery if someone winds up with a bloody nose.
Please get vaccinated and please wear a mask in public settings. Protect those who cannot be vaccinated or are immunocompromised. Help to keep our schools and businesses open. Help to end the crisis in our community.  It is everyone’s responsibility to keep Covid away from everyone else’s nose.
Bob Exline
