As a normal Wyoming citizen, I’ve never thought of myself as gruesomely ugly, but thanks to the county-wide mask mandate, one could get the feeling that one is Frankenstein’s monster in this town. Every day, if I pass someone anywhere - even the open air - and they see that I don’t have a mask on, they will make an absolute scene out of dramatically clutching their face, backing away, gesturing frantically, looking visibly affronted or terrified and/or ready for physical confrontation. A few have even screamed “NO MASK!” I have seen some of the most impressive performances in these last past months. We should have the COVID-Globes awards. I am not out to scare people. I would even care that I am offending people if I knew they were actually afraid. I’m not out to make people sick, and I’m not trying to make anyone angry. The thing is, the majority are far from terrified. They are the ones that wear the mask for show and want you to do it too. It is just a symbol, and they know it. They are acting, so I don’t mind that I cause that reaction in them.
I will continue to not wear a mask even though I recognize the power of the state to authorize such orders. It is certainly the power and the responsibility of governments to maintain public safety. I do not agree that any governmental entity should have the power to make us stop breathing, but apparently that is also one of the powers of the government. I do, however, take issue at the method by which our orders were implemented, and I recognize that this order is not law. I'm no lawyer, but when people try to tell me it's a law, I know they are wrong. It’s quite simple; the Wyoming State Constitution says: "no law shall be passed except by bill." The due process of the law was not implemented in the mask mandate, so it is not a law. It is an ordinance, like parking rules. If you break parking ordinances, you get a ticket. Do you get a misdemeanor with your parking ticket, though? We are being threatened with misdemeanors and fines if we are found to be in non-compliance with the mandate. Disobeying the mask order is unlawful in the same respect as disobeying parking rules because as citizens of this state and land we shall, by law, comply with ordinances put forth by the government. However the fact that disobedience is unlawful does not make an ordinance into a law. One could argue that creating such a rule with that harsh of a punishment is unconstitutional. Even though the state has the power to do these things, it should never be an action of the state to restrict any otherwise law-abiding citizen’s right to personal health and vitality, aka, life, liberty, and happiness. Remember how article 1, section 1 of Wyoming’s Constitution declares that all power is inherent in the people, all free governments are founded on [the people’s] authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness. The government serves the people. Public safety is a part of that service. But when something which is proven, or even supposed to be unhealthy is ordered to be done in the name of public safety, that is an inappropriate use of governmental power. Some would argue that I should not be allowed to endanger my fellow man by walking around with an un-diapered face. That argument fails due to lack of evidence that I am dangerous. I have no history of killing people with my own breath, and there has been no proof that I, or any human being could spread a virus to a masked or unmasked person in normal situations under normal social distance when I have absolutely no symptoms and no contagion. They never provided sufficient sources to prove that: A. there is a virus which can be undeniably identified as COVID-19, and; B. proof that masks mitigate the spread of said virus. Whereas there is a sufficient body of evidence, growing daily, to support the fact that prolonged and improper use of masks is more harmful to your health than any virus masks may stop, and that people who wear masks are far more likely to catch viruses such as SARS-COVID-19 than those who do not. The CDC which has led the recommendations for COVID mitigation published a study reporting people who always wear masks have a 70.6% risk of infection whereas those who rarely or never wear masks carry a 3.9% chance. Why do they continue to recommend masks? Are they actually interested in public safety? If the safety of the public is not forefront in their actions, should they be allowed to act in a capacity of power? When will government overreach stop masquerading as public safety? Answer: it will stop when the people, in whom authority is inherit, stop allowing their government to control their private health. It is so simple. Remember that absolute, arbitrary power over the lives, liberty, and property of freemen exists nowhere in a republic, not even in the largest majority (Statute 97-01-07). I am not breaking a law by disobeying this ordinance because the ordinance does not recognize my freedom to have life, liberty, or happiness. I do not recognize the authority of the government in cases where that authority is improperly practiced. Take off the mask and the “virus” will leave, in more ways than one. We are not slaves to the government; we own the government. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6936a5-H.pdf
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