It seems that this is the season for the expression of very strong opinions about everything that swirls around us.  

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about Typhoid Mary because she was asymptomatic and compared her to those today who are asymptomatic for Covid19 and used this as a set up to implore folks to wear masks.  

I was taken aback by the vigorous opposition comments to my blog. I realized far too late that I had stumbled into a symbolic political mine field. 

One of our blogging rules is that almost anything goes, except politics and I have labored to stay within that line.  

When my father disagreed with someone he would control himself and respond with a calm “You’re entitled to your opinion.”  The more I live and experience the more I realize he was a sagacious role model.  

As Rodney King said Can’t we just get along?