Governor Ducey,

I find it unacceptable that your answer is that business must continue and that we need to learn to live alongside Covid. I find it unacceptable that you are not mandating masks. I find it unacceptable that you're not even supporting masks. We need to require masks in all public areas.

We need to pump the brakes on any further reopening until you have met CDC reopening requirements, which, incidentally, we HAVE NOT. The last thing we need is our fellow Arizonans out and about, breathing in each others' air conditioned recirculated air, not wearing masks. Asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic spread of this virus has been shown as a source of community transmission. This is true whether you find it politically convenient or not.

Masks should be worn by all first responders, all medical staff, and all government employees, including you. You should be leading by example. I want you to use your platform to normalize the wearing of masks in public and mandate it. You should do everything in your limited power to limit spread and save lives. We need to be wearing masks. The data is clear. I demand that this policy be enacted. I don't care if it's politically undesirable to the GOP base. It's necessary.

We are not allowed to smoke in public spaces or airplanes. We are not allowed to drink and drive. We're not allowed to enter businesses without shirts or shoes. We must 100% commit to wearing masks in public spaces. Sometimes, personal freedoms must be temporarily or permanently compromised for the collective health of a society. This is necessary.

You will eventually reach this conclusion when thousands of lives have been lost. It will be too late. It is already too late. Do the right thing.  Make masks mandatory in public spaces in Arizona NOW.