Letters to the Editor: How racism, bigotry and elitism may be driving mask resistance

Letters to the Editor: How racism, bigotry and elitism may be driving mask resistance (via latimesopinion)

Then there’s classism. Manual laborers and farm workers wear masks.To the editor:

I never saw combat but spent 13 months in South Korea just miles from the de-militarized zone. I never got shot at doing my office job. What I remember is the loneliness and feeling a bit uncomfortable in a far-off land.Fast forward to 2020. I survived a bout with pancreatic cancer eight years ago but was left with a very compromised immune system. In my condition at 73, I am no match for COVID-19. I might have had a fighting chance in Vietnam, but I have little ammunition in this pandemic.

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