Yes, that Kentucky woman above cut a hole in her face mask, reportedly because she finds it easier to breathe that way, but we’ll get to that later.
If your local neighbourhood’s Facebook group resembles mine, it goes a little something like this…
Terrible cellphone pictures of the sunset, questions about basic alert level 4 rules and regulations that would have taken 10 seconds to Google, panicked posts about 5G causing the coronavirus and why vaccines are the devil’s work, and fighting over people not wearing masks.
The last one really has caused incessant bickering, and you’ve seen your fair share on social media yourself, so let’s take a deep, mask-stifled breath and move onto Trevor Noah’s take.
During his home broadcasts for The Daily (Social Distancing) Show, he decided to look at how Americans, including Vice President Pence, can’t grasp the importance of wearing face masks.
Over to you, Trevor:
The US, much like South Africa and many other countries, is grappling with exactly how to balance public health and safety with economic concerns.
Trevor touched on that, too:
[source:dailyshow]
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