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Musings by Rev. Jim Flagg - "Getting through this together"
Musings by Rev. Jim Flagg - "Getting through this together"

As the longtime radio personality Paul Harvey was fond of saying, “Now, the rest of the story.” Two-and-a-half months ago we were all watching the COVID-19 pandemic unfold before us. Nobody expected that schools would finish the year online or we would make face masks a new fashion statement. Three months ago if you walked into a store wearing a mask, you would likely have earned a conversation with the security guard or a police officer. Today if you don’t wear a mask, you could receive the ire of employees and customers alike. A couple of weeks ago, a man even launched death threats at those not wearing masks at a grocery store (as if the threat of getting the coronavirus wasn’t already enough).