Due to COVID-19, people were asked to practice social distancing and to wear masks when

Due to COVID-19, people were asked to practice social distancing and to wear masks when in public in 2020. Many stores required patrons to have on a mask before they enter the store. There were people who opposed these guidelines and suggested they infringed upon their rights.

Create a discussion post in which you support the guidelines for wearing a mask. In your response to another student, reply to their reasons for supporting the guidelines with arguments against wearing the masks. Try to refrain from giving personal reasons in your post or response, but see this as a classic debate in which you need to be able to argue for either side of a question with evidence and logic.

REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE’S RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTION AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE? (A MINIMUM OF 100 WORDS)

                                              CLASSMATE’S POST

COVID-19 is airborne, and it is spread by respiratory droplets that enter our nose and mouth and some have said that the virus also enters our tear ducks through our eyes.  By wearing a mask this helps to prevent the spread of droplets that can cause a person to develop COVID-19.  The CDC (2020), says that wearing a mask keeps you and the other person safe and reduces the spread of COVID-19.   Experts are saying that there is clear evidence that wearing a mask can help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and the more people wearing mask, the better.  With the rising of disease prevalence and a clear understanding of the virus-carrying droplets it was clearer that wearing a mask could indeed lower the curve by reducing the number of people contracting COVID-19.