According to projections from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, if 95 percent of Americans were to wear masks in public, more than 33,000 lives will be saved by the end of September. Their report appearing in The Week also predicts 179,106 deaths by Oct. 1, a figure that drops to 146,000 with 95 percent mask compliance.

Wearing masks and social distancing are challenges for Americans. There is no uniformity or national mandate requiring masks. We are asked to make sacrifices and protect each other but that is often ignored.

Considering our chall...