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Rights, masks, and vaccinations

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To the editor:

This is a plea to the people of Logan County. Get vaccinated. Wear your mask when you are out and about. Recently our neighboring Douglas County experienced an explosion of COVID-19 cases because citizens there refused to socially distance and wear masks.

I wonder how many of us know that historians credit the success of the American Revolution to George Washington's decision to require his soldiers to be vaccinated. Vaccinations and masks are part of our patriotic heritage. They are not violations of our rights or our freedom. Rather they are signs of patriotism.

We should all ask ourselves "How patriotic is my behavior?" If you haven't done so already, get vaccinated and wear your mask. Show your concern for others, for science and for our nation.

Gary Davis

[Posted April 10, 2021]

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