Masks vs. Logic vs. Love

    The main problem I am having with the mask mandate or, in our state, directive--although only a lawyer would know the difference--is not the loss of personal rights, it is the lack of logic. Christians are nowhere commanded to stand up for our rights, we are actually called to surrender them. We are, however, to stand for the rights of the oppressed and powerless, like the unborn. God can and does call some Christians to stand against slavery, form a new nation, go to war against an oppressor, etc. but our desire to fight for our individual rights is from our sinful, not sanctified, nature. We are born tiny tyrants.
    It would be wonderful if decisions about our welfare in this time of crisis were directed by the emerging data, but data is often faulty. As in facilities whose test results come in 100% positive, or individuals who signed up for, but left before, the actual test, being notified they have Covid. And then there are political and financial incentives for physicians to declare Corona virus cause of death without medical proof. Also, both maskers and anti-maskers skew or cherry pick data so their conclusion supports their original supposition. That is human nature.
      So there is data and there is logic. I love logic. Logic is what helped me determine as a young girl which of the things my schizophrenic mother said were true and which were delusions. So here is my problem with masks:

• If wearing masks makes the difference in the spread of the pandemic, then logically, what the masks are made of, and how they fit, matters.
• If we are supposed to save the effective masks, like N95 or other OSHA approved, for the front line workers (as we should), then logically the ones they want us to wear are ineffective. If they tried to force our work force to use the suffocatingly safe masks reserved for health care and first responders, no one would cooperate.

     There is, however, some data to suggest that how sick people become with Corona virus depends on how much they were exposed to it. If that is true, then logically, it would be worth the inconvenience of wearing masks if it meant a lighter case of Covid.
     So I surrender logic and wear a mask, though it does have a slightly snarky message "Feel better?", but I do not complain to the poor employee who drew door duty on behalf of their business. Logically, they are not the problem. Believers draw the daily duty of acting on behalf of their Savior and grumbling is the worst possible representation of the business He is in. Logic sheds light, but it can't hold a candle to love.