If you choose  not to wear a mask when  around other people, because
you think  that this is somehow  an expression of your  freedom, you
have fallen into a trap.

If everyone  succumbs to  this line  of thinking,  and no  one wears
masks, the  COVID-19 virus will  quickly spread. Hospital  ICUs will
overflow, emergency rooms will  overflow, and hospital waiting rooms
will overflow.  Soon, people  who have life-threatening  injuries or
medical problems will  die because they can't  get medical treatment
fast enough.

When this happens, governments will shut down businesses and schools
again, and you will be at home, in lockdown. You will not be free to
visit friends or family, or go out  to get your haircut or go to the
park.

You will not be free.

If you  choose to  wear a  mask when around  other people,  and your
fellow citizens do the same, the  virus won't spread as fast and the
hospitals will be  able to keep up. Businesses and  schools can stay
open. You will  be able to go  out and visit friends  and family, or
get a haircut, or go to the park. You will be free.

Wear a mask and be free.