To the Editor:

This is not safe. Visitors now have the impression that they can let down their guard, take off their masks, crowd together and relax on Martha’s Vineyard. They put themselves and all of us in terrible jeopardy. We cannot wait for an explosion of COVID-19 cases here or back at the tourists’ homes. We need unified Island regulations and enforcement. All Island towns must act now and require masks in public. This must be strictly enforced. Visitors cannot be expected to know which town they are in and what its rules are. As creative community members offer masks, develop beautiful signs and amusing incentives, it goes for naught if there is lax enforcement.

Joy Robinson-Lynch
Vineyard Haven

8 replies on “Unified mask enforcement needed”

    1. IF you are that scared and don’t mind hypoxia, then stay home. That is a valid choice.
      Other people are mindful of their own health and their need for oxygen and fresh air and vitamin D; that is why they go outside.
      That is why they only don their masks as needed.

      1. I go out a lot, just not to crowded indoor spaces where people might or might not be wearing masks. Is it fear to wear a seatbelt when driving? No, it is commonsense to protect yourself and your family. Same with wearing a mask. You can thank those of us who are being careful for the low number of cases around here. The reason you feel so confident going out is because so many of us are wearing masks!

      2. The hypoxia hysteria from sissies who don’t like wearing masks has been debunked. Maybe you’ll get to try out a ventillator and see how you like that.

  2. That ship has sailed. As other states reach hospital capacity and we look at the photos from all over the island taken this weekend, we’ll see what happens here. No one is enforcing anything, as is obvious from how the SSA did not appropriately handle maskless bus riders. We’re sunk.

  3. “17. There is also no scientific evidence for the effectiveness of face masks in healthy or asymptomatic individuals. On the contrary, experts warn that such masks interfere with normal breathing and may become “germ carriers”. Leading doctors called them a “media hype” and “ridiculous”” (https://swprs.org/a-swiss-doctor-on-covid-19/).

    links:
    https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-news-face-masks-increase-risk-infection-doctor-jenny-harries-a9396811.html

    https://www.aerztezeitung.de/Politik/Montgomery-haelt-Maskenpflicht-fuer-falsch-408844.html

    For further solid international data (including USA and MASS) on actual lethality of covid-19 and age groups affected:

    https://swprs.org/studies-on-covid-19-lethality/

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