“It keeps people from seeing my smile,” said one Palm Beach resident as she made her case to the County Board for why Floridians should not be forced to wear face masks even as the state’s Covid-19 cases soared.
Another argued against the county’s proposed mask mandate, citing the devil, 5G, Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton, “the paedophiles” and the Deep State.
“I don’t wear a mask for the same reason I don’t wear underwear,” offered a third. “Things gotta breathe.”
Florida, which had been spared early on in the outbreak, is now among the states reporting a huge spike in infections.
The Sunshine State has seen a 604 per cent increase in new Covid-19 cases in the past 30 days and is now recording a staggering 25 per cent positive test rate.