Still With The COVID-19?

It has been nearly two months since I posted my last update. I will start with the numbers. 

6,370 cases in Idaho 

253 new cases (confirmed and probable today 7/1) 

92 deaths (an increase of 28 since my last update) 

According to CoronaVirus.Idaho.Gov 

 2,624,873 (43,644 new compared to yesterday's data) total cases in the US

127,299 deaths (560 new compared to yesterday's data) 

Numbers from the cdc's website 

10,533,779 worldwide confirmed cases

512,842 confirmed deaths

216 countries, areas or territories with cases 

Numbers from the WHO website 

I cannot believe we are dealing with a worldwide pandemic that has KILLED more then five hundred thousand people. You know what people on the internet are arguing about now? Wearing facemasks! 

Oregon governor Kate Brown signed an executive order that all Oregonians (12 years or older) will need to wear masks when they are in a public indoor space. She calls this a "last-ditch measure against surging numbers of new cases and hospitalized patients over the past month in Oregon." According to an OregonLive article. 

Being that I am from Oregon, I have many friends on my facebook who still live there. While many are supportive of this, there are a few I have had to "snooze for 30 days" because they are so vocal about their rights being violated by being forced to wear a mask. 

A graphic I've shared on facebook

And another one

I don't understand how someone could not see the benefits of wearing a mask over the so-called "loss of freedoms." You are only being asked to wear it indoors in public places... It is being promoted by all the major healthcare systems that I've looked at (the CDC, WHO, Mayo clinic) There has even been a recommendation by both major healthcare systems in the city I currently live in!

This is why we need to ALL mask up. The EU is seeing the decline that we wanted to see. Unfortunately, our leadership did a CRAP job of containing this and pretended it wasn't a real problem. We have been failed by our government and it is time for us to be proactive. That means MASK UP! 

Please, please, just wear a mask when you are in a store or otherwise in a public building. 

Because the two months I tried, I failed. My kids education cannot depend on me. I'm too stupid and lack the patience to home-school or have my kids "distance learning."