bransonglobe.com OPINION • OPINION Continued from page 6 person to another. A tool that, perhaps more than any other, gives people and our economy a chance to function closer to normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 3. It will impact on Branson’s economy because tourists won’t come. For what it matters, an Ole Seagull believes that argument was more viable in the spring and early summer. Not only in terms of the younger people and families coming to Branson but the fact that the benefits of mandatory masking were not as universally accepted as they are now. This is no longer the case. Major health and medical organizations universally recommend the use of face coverings. More and more major retailers, states, cities, tourist destinations and attractions, are adopting mandatory face coverings. All of which is serves to reduce the likely hood of someone not coming to Branson because of mandatory face covering. Perhaps the better argument, from a purely economic perspective, should be, “Will tourists not come, if Branson has no provision for mandatory face coverings? Who knows, but either way, Branson could lose potential tourists. The question is, in today’s environment, which will cause the loss of the least! More Street Talk: What is your opinion on Branson’s proposed mask mandate? COLTON SCHMITT -- I don’t like the mask mandate, there’s not enough conclusive evidence that it helps more than it hurts. The CDC keeps going back and forth on the issue, which leads me to believe they don’t have any real idea whether or not it works as well as they’d like to say it does. Most importantly to me though, if you can’t prove to me, with indisputable evidence that it works, you have absolutely zero claim on my liberties. I’m not against masks, for some people, they may be more beneficial, but the general public, no. There’s not enough proof that it helps, and there’s plenty of evidence that it’s causing health issues for people. The mainstream media is trying to hide it, but it’s there. Have a news tip? Send it to us at info@ bransonglobe.com July 24 - 25, 2020 • 7
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