{"id":85438,"date":"2020-05-13T10:28:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T14:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=85438"},"modified":"2020-05-13T10:28:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T14:28:47","slug":"letter-premier-ford-please-make-mask-use-mandatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/letter-premier-ford-please-make-mask-use-mandatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter: &#8216;Premier Ford, please make mask use mandatory&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Submitted by Dale Peacock<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dear Premier Ford,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m writing to ask you to make non-medical grade masks mandatory for the general public. We had confused messaging about masking at the beginning, but now that we know better, we can do better.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>As well, I suggest that a significant social media blitz to accompany the directive to ensure proper utilization of the masks given that using them improperly defeats the purpose.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that mandatory mask-wearing will do a couple of things:<\/p>\n<p>1. It would increase the safety of front-line workers and offer concrete proof that we value their sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>2. It might reduce the friction between local residents and cottagers to see that at least in public we are all making an effort.<\/p>\n<p>3. It could reduce infections in long-term care as all of those seem to be via workers bringing COVID-19 in from outside.<\/p>\n<p>While I recognize that enforcement is always an issue, a simple fix for that might be to require all retail outlets to refuse service to those not wearing a mask.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your efforts on our behalf,<br \/>\nDale Peacock<br \/>\nHuntsville, Ontario<\/p>\n<p><em>Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/Deny_Hell-12044678\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=5050606\">Denny Hell<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=5050606\">Pixabay<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/doppler-community-guidelines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84100\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2020\/04\/Join-the-discussion-on-Doppler.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Join-the-discussion-on-Doppler-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Join-the-discussion-on-Doppler-630x207.jpg 630w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2020\/04\/Join-the-discussion-on-Doppler.jpg 750w\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Dale Peacock Dear Premier Ford, I&#8217;m writing to ask you to make non-medical grade masks mandatory for the general public. 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