Chattanooga Times Free Press

Help all of us protect freedom to breathe

- Kerry Lansford

Just imagine how you wished you’d worn your mask because now you’re hardly able to breathe, you can’t even get out of bed without losing your breath, let alone get to the bathroom or do any of your normal activities. Your body is achy, you’re fatigued, you have the worst headache, you’ve got GI issues, some nausea, you can’t stop coughing, your temperatur­e is through the roof and you’re hypoxic — your lungs aren’t working well enough to provide an adequate amount of oxygen to your organs that need it to function, and there’s nobody you know there to hold your hand. And you’re wondering how many of your friends and family you infected before you knew you were sick. You’re scared to death about the lingering effects.

If you’re passive about all this, then you’re pro-virus, you’re on the side of this invisible enemy. And if you’re OK with every bit of this, then hey, don’t wear a mask. Freedom!

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