Yes, a mask mandate ‘violates freedom.’ It also can keep COVID-19 from killing you | Letter to the editor

The only argument I have heard against mandatory face masks is it violates freedom. Medical experts say it protects a person with the virus from spreading.

It is purely a sanitary law. We have numerous sanitary laws that violates our freedom but protects against spreading disease to other people. Public dinning is a good example of such laws.

Our freedom is violated in other laws. Laws prohibiting texting while driving violate freedom. Also, not only driving under the influence of drugs but also merely having an open alcoholic drink, even if not consuming, is illegal.

Please, politician,s protect the spreading of unsanitary virus that can kill.

Richard McNulty

Bradenton