Letter to the editor - June 7

Wear masks for others’ sakes

My wife and I are business owners in Tucumcari and are in a higher risk category for the virus.

We have not ventured out for shopping other than our local grocery store since mid-March. But we like to frequent Clovis to shop when we can, which we were able to do last Sunday.

Neither of us like to wear a mask any more than anyone else, believe me. The reason I am sending this to the newspaper is I hope it gets printed so that some of the Clovis citizens might understand our point of view.

We shopped three stores and not any store seemed to be following any sort of occupancy restriction. The stores were as busy as ever and the worst part was 50% of the customers were not wearing masks and we did not feel safe.

We were surprised and saddened that others do not respect others enough to wear masks.

Our local folk here in Tucumcari seem to have supported the safety of others by a very large margin. We were very disappointed and confused when visiting Clovis.

Please think of others even if you do not care about your own safety.

Lane Lewis

Tucumcari