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Letter: Those masks are heavy

(Andrew Harnik | AP file photo)  Shawna Jacobs of Fort Washington, Md., wears a mask with a photograph of 16th Street Northwest renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House, Friday, June 19, 2020, in Washington.

(Andrew Harnik | AP file photo) Shawna Jacobs of Fort Washington, Md., wears a mask with a photograph of 16th Street Northwest renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House, Friday, June 19, 2020, in Washington.

I have recently come to recognize why wearing masks is a sign of “weakness.”

I recently had to put one on and did not recognize how heavy they were and difficult to place the straps over my ears.

Richard Jaffe, Salt Lake City

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