Harold W. Pease, Ph.D., Special to Anza Valley OutlookIn April, The Washington Post published an article “Will Americans wear masks to prevent coronavirus spread?” It listed a variety of reasons why some will not wear masks. Unfortunately, it missed the main one – masks help make and keep America afraid. The media, World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been wrong on virtually every aspect of the virus, from early estimates of American death predictions from 2-3 million to even the practicality of wearing a mask. For many Americans, wearing masks represents submission to those with little regard for the Bill of Rights, not selfish insensitivity to others who might get the virus from the unmasked, as those who wish to take our liberty op
