I am a chiropractor and come by way of empowering bodies toward health and building strong immunity. Our body can and does (according to the COVID-19 recovery numbers) heal and fight infections. We’ve been surrounded by millions of microbes for millions of years.
But now we are the species in the plastic bubble sequestered to home. And after two months of lockdown, the city of Durango is now forcing everyone to wear masks in public.
When my cousin had a kidney transplant, she wore a mask or stayed home, not even her parents wore masks. Bottom line: If you are immune-compromised, stay home. If you want to wear a mask, wear one. But don’t punish the healthy folks.
As for government recommendations, remember this same government made slavery legal, interracial marriage illegal, frightened us with Y2K, swindled us into the Vietnam War, supports Monsanto and put women in jail for protesting the right to vote. Even Dr. Anthony Fauci claimed that AIDS might be transmissible by “routine close contact.” (May 5, 1983, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association). Obviously later retracted.
Our government and even scientists are not always right. And in the years to come, as we look on this pandemic, like the Vietnam War, we will realize all the unnecessary mistakes we made and how much it truly cost our country.
Durango, let’s unmask our faces, feel the air, our health and our freedom.
Rebecca YorkDurango
