To Mask or Not to Mask?

Alayna McKinley: “I wear a mask because it’s how I feel most comfortable. I want to make sure I am staying as healthy as I can be, and not getting my loved ones sick. I want to be respectful to others.”

Alayna McKinley: “I wear a mask because it’s how I feel most comfortable. I want to make sure I am staying as healthy as I can be, and not getting my loved ones sick. I want to be respectful to others.”

Phoebe Fuller
May 2, 2022

Carli Gordon: “I wear a mask because I believe that crowded places are still incredibly risky when it comes to diseases and illnesses.”
Mrs. Dennis: “I have not been wearing a mask because it is more comfortable, and I think it is easier for my students to understand me. I do have one with me at all times. If I’m not feeling well, I won’t hesitate to put it on.”
Mrs. Hayek: “I wear one in the classroom because I know there are others that still wear theirs, and I want to be respectful. I want to reduce my own chances when I go home to visit my mom and my brother. But when it’s just me, I will take my mask off to breathe. I try to wear it to be respectful of others.”
Ella Hansen: “I choose to wear a mask because it makes me feel more comfortable around large groups of people. I also worry about spreading COVID to my family who I don’t wear a mask around.”
Delaney Carroll: “I don’t wear a mask simply because of comfort really. Normally, I would wear glasses, and they would fog up, or my mask would get sweaty. If I don’t have to wear it, I won’t. If I have to, I will respectfully.”
Terrance Williams: “I forget to buy them when I go to the store.”
Dr. Kirgan: “I was exposed to COVID in four different ways, I have had the two doses, and I have had the booster shot, and after that, I got the coronavirus, and so now I feel that my immune system is up to the test.”
Kennedy Roggenbauer: “I wear it because it’s a safety blanket.”
Becca Ferguson: “I choose not to wear a mask because the COVID rates are down, and the state has no longer mandated it.”