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Letter: Don’t tell me not to pet the rats

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) A person dresses as a plague doctor during Salt Lake Comic Con in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016.

I heard today that people are upset with being told to wear masks before entering a store or business.

Really?

These must be the same people who, during the plague in Dark Ages, would have complained about being told not to pet the rats, while at the same time muttering, “What a blatant violation of our Magna Carta rights!”

Jeff Clawson, M.D., Salt Lake City

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