MWEG Member Op-Ed :: “An Epidemiologist’s View on Personal Liberty and Mask-Wearing”

“The tricky part is that we can’t eliminate COVID-19 by focusing only on our individual liberty — we have to exercise a kind of generous, communal commitment to liberty as a principle. We have to believe in protecting the liberty of another as much as protecting the liberty of ourselves, and that belief has to drive us to make some necessary personal sacrifices.”

MWEG member Chantel Sloan is an infectious disease epidemiologist who has a front-row seat to COVID-19. Read more of her thoughts on the pandemic, mask-wearing, and freedom in this Deseret News opinion piece.

“An Epidemiologist’s View on Personal Liberty and Mask-Wearing” • May 27, 2020 • Deseret News