6 • July 10 - 11, 2020 OPINION By Gary J. Groman, a.k.a. The Ole Seagull From the beginning, and the Founding Fathers, to this very day, America, Her government, and leaders have been made up of people. Being as how there has only been one perfect person in the history of the world, who had died, risen, and ascended to sit at the right had of His Father centuries before the founding of America, an Ole Seagull just must believe that it was founded, set up, run by, and consists of imperfect people. It logically follows, that its Kim Rohde Publisher (417) 872-2951 lkimrohde@yahoo.com Brenda Meadows Editor & Staff Writer (417) 231-7601 info@BransonGlobe.com David Stoltz News Correspondent (228) 355-2900 itcdls@gmail.com Gary Groman, a.k.a. 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BransonGlobe Your source for local news and entertainment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. info@BransonGlobe.com • Phone: (417) 334-9100 • Fax: (417) 334-3767 • 1447 US Hwy. 248, Suite EE, Branson, MO 65616 BransonGlobe.com LETTERS Masks do more harm than good The purpose of this article is to inform and present the following information based on fact. We will start this article with quotes from people in the medical profession who would know the benefits of wearing the mask. Since these quotes were presented several months ago, I believe these to be their true feelings and beliefs about face masks even though they have flip-flopped back and forth more for a political agenda than health. The US Surgeon General on February 29, 2020 stated “Seriously people, stop buying masks,” they are not effective in preventing general public from catching the coronavirus. In early March, he stated again what he had said earlier to stop buying masks. Dr. Fauci, head of the NIH (National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases), who also advises Trump about current conditions said “There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask on.” Later he said, right now in the United States, people should not be walking around with masks. He said masks might make people feel a little bit safer, but they simply don’t protect people from the virus. The CDC (Center for Disease Control) has maintained that you should only wear a mask if you yourself are infected. They have stated on several occasions that masks do not protect you from the virus. Healthy people should not be wearing masks. President Trump has stated he will likely not wear a face mask. Dr. Russell Blaylock warns that not only do face masks fail to protect the healthy from getting sick, they also create serious health risk to the wearer. Bottom line is, if you are not sick, you should not wear a face mask. Prime Minister of Sweden said wearing a mask doesn’t protect people from catching Covid 19 and wearing them can give a false sense of security. The World Health Organization (WHO), said, if you do not have any respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, or running nose, you do not need to wear a mask. Face masks prevent individuals from inhaling full oxygen, instead recycled carbon dioxide (CO2) is inhaled, these effects are dangerous for people, even a slight increase of the carbon dioxide in their blood stream can contribute to anxiety and feelings of nervousness as well cause headaches, dizziness and fatigue, confusion, sweating, vertigo, double vision, inability to concentrate, seizures, shortness of breath and be a forerunner to a stroke or heart attack. Drop in oxygen can produce hypoxia that can inhibit the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections. This sets the stage for contracting any infection including COVID-19 making that infection much graver. Your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections. Both the healthy and the ill should avoid wearing a mask like the plague. Children in particular should not be wearing a face mask, they need SEE LETTERS, PAGE 7 Gary Groman. (FILE) government, “of the people and by the people,” will make imperfect decisions. An Ole Seagull believes one of those imperfect decisions was the unconscionable tolerance of slavery in Constitution itself (U.S. Const. art. I, § 2, art. I § 9, and art. IV, § 2, cl.3.) Although slavery was abolished a lot quicker in the United States than in Africa, where it flourished for centuries prior to the start of slavery in America, it’s the root cause of one of the many problems that America is facing. Mark Twain said, “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government bransonglobe.com Can’t it be about patriotism and what unites us; not what divides us? when it deserves it.” To an Ole Seagull, whether it’s race, defense, environmental issues or some other problem, America is best served if She approaches them more united than divided. Can anyone tell him how not honoring our flag and National Anthem helps unite America and solve any of Her problems? On the other hand, one can readily see the divisiveness it has caused. Should not the honoring of our flag, nation, and NationSEE PATRIOTISM, PAGE 7 @BransonGlobe BransonGlobe @BransonGlobe #Branson Globe
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