Some of my favorite quotes from the article:
After you tip, you should wash your hands or sanitize as soon as you can.
And when will that be if you’re out shopping? Even if they have public bathrooms, these days more than ever I make it a point to not go into a small room that dozens/hundreds of people have gone in before me.
Reverend Wonder Harris who founded the Village of A Thousand Elders explains, “if people were to commit a crime, they wouldn’t tip the mask because they’d be caught on camera.”
Or, if people weren’t there to commit a crime, they wouldn’t tip their mask because it would increase their risk of exposure. I understand from a retail cash register operator’s perspective, a bunch of people wearing masks is concerning. But isn’t it more concerning that someone who may have had the virus just lowered their mask and breathed openly in the store’s entryway?
as Pastor Harris says, "crime comes in all colors. You can’t just say that just because they’re a particular color, they’ll commit a crime. So it’s something all of us have to do. … tbc
Criminals are going to crime, no matter their color or mask status. How many shoplifters entered stores wearing masks prior to the pandemic? Isn’t shoplifting where stores see their most loss? Will tossing masks into the mix change that at all? Ah, I think I get it now. It’s like chaff. Up until now, they would just keep an eye on the shoppers with dark complexions, but now all the masks have them confused and they don’t know who to watch.
Sure, up until now someone walking into a store with their face covered outside of winter usually meant that the store was about to be robbed. But it was also usually quickly followed with a gun and a declaration that the store was being robbed. And I expect that’s still the case, even if other people in the store are wearing masks.
Has there been any study done to see if armed robbery has gone up during this, or is it just too soon for data?
“And It’s not just using old standards and ideas and we can’t have a peaceful society to do it that way.”
Wait, what? I can’t even parse that sentence. We can’t have a peaceful society to do it what way? Is he saying that if people don’t lower their masks, chaos will reign?
The Village of a Thousand Elders say they worked with local health departments on the initiative to make sure it’s safe.
I request proof. I know that’s a lot to ask of a church. Still.
I also hope this doesn’t catch on, but stupid seems to be as viral as the virus, so I expect it will.
