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Wearing a mask

Capital - 4/8/2020

Wearing a mask

"Our Say: Our Say: Which is the stranger coronavirus sight, those wearing a mask or those who do not?" implies that President Donald Trump gives a mixed message on combating the coronavirus by saying that he chooses not to wear a mask (The Capital, April 5).

The CDC's guidance, as you correctly report, is to wear cloth face coverings in public places, such as grocery stores and pharmacies, where "other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain." You apparently have forgotten that Trump lives in a protective bubble maintained by the U.S.Secret Service. The Service is responsible for maintaining the social distancing measure for Trump.

That would include making sure the people near him are not contagious. It would make perfect sense, therefore, for Trump to choose not to wear a mask. Please clear this up quickly so folks are not discouraged from wearing a mask when appropriate.

DAVID FRANKEL

Annapolis

Editor's note: David Frankel is the vice-chairman of the Annapolis Republican Central Committee.

Capt. Crozier

I am a Korean War veteran who spent a total of 10 years in the Air Force and Air Force reserves as an enlisted man, non commissioned officer and finally as a commissioned officer. In every command position, it was stressed that our No. 1 duty was to protect the people under our command.

Apparently that has all changed under President Donald Trump's administration. It appears that anybody who speaks truth to power is summarily replaced.

The removal of Capt. Brett Crozier from command of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt for trying to protect his crew from the coronavirus is the latest example of a person being fired for doing his job. The lame excuses for his removal stated by Navy Secretary Thomas Modly and Defense Secretary Mark Esper were clearly cover your butt statements on behalf of the administration. The silence from Crozier's immediate military superiors is deafening and disgusting.

Videos flooding the media, showing the crew of the vessel hailing their captain as a hero, were heartening to see. These videos prove that the wrong person was fired and that our spineless military leaders have been cowered by the Trump administration.

Captain Brett Crozier deserves a medal for his actions.

JOHN O'HARA

Bowie

Plastic bags

How disappointed to read that the statewide plastic bag vote was turned down (The Capital, March 19). When I received my National Geographic magazine and the front page stated: "The End of Trash," my concern was rekindled.

Inside a large article on plastic bags and their destruction of land and sealife brought all my resolve forward again. Once more, I write about banning plastic shopping bags. Does anyone in our state legislature read the National Geographic or the Smithsonian magazine? Apparently not or this legislation would have passed.

This past week as I visited several grocery stores the sight of bulging carts loaded with plastic bags, reminded me that many of those very bags would soon litter our roads ways, streams and Chesapeake Bay.

For those of you who can vote to begin a plastic bag ban, even a small ban would be a step forward, would be greatly felt as a step forward for mankind and wildlife especially. Wildlife cannot retrieve plastic, but we can help them by eliminating many of those bags.

VICKI MARSH

Deale

Biased reporting

I truly think it is sad to further divide our country with The Capital's continual, biased reporting and misinformation about President Donald Trump and constant attacks on him and conservative values.

Why does liberalism have to be so biased and hateful? We should be better than this as a nation, and your staff should be more professional and fair and honest.

KEVIN S. EDGINGTON

Crofton