Graham, Donna
Ta: Andy Cooper
Subject: RE: Nashua Mask Ordinance
From: Andy Cooper [mailto:andrew.john.cooper@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2020 1:36 PM
To: Board of Aldermen
Subject: Nashua Mask Ordinance
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Dear Aldermen
In response to some of the comments that the board of aldermen had on Tuesday's meeting with respect to the
mask ordinance - and I specifically refer to Elizabeth Lu's comments on "who has time to validate all these
articles" - | want to note that (a) I do. I read them all. I validate them all. As city officials that are intent on
imposing draconian measures on the population it is absolutely incumbent upon all of you to do this kind of due
diligence. Anything less is, in fact, a dereliction of your duties as aldermen. I find it unconscionable that you
have that attitude.
Furthermore, I want to call into question Tom Lopez’ statements about suggesting to people that they supply
false names - and in particular they supply Ben Clemons’ name - to the police if reporting people who are not
comphant with your ordinance. This was, in my opinion, a not-so-veiled attempt at intimidation of Ben
Clemons’ stance against the mask ordinance. At best it was humor in extremely poor taste. As an alderman, I
would have expected more from Tom Lopez. After all, you are elected officials and should rise to the occasion,
not rush towards the basement.
Next, I want to point out two things with respect to Jim Donchess and covid-19. It has been shown in public
forums that employees of City Hall are not wearing masks behind their plexiglass shields. The state of NH has
deemed that plexiglass shields are "not a substitute for masks". Secondly, the Nashua mask ordinance as it
currently stands, requires that employees wear masks in a place of business. | find it extremely disturbing that
City Hall has clearly adopted a "do as we say, not as we do" attitude, which strongly suggests that they feel that
they are above the law. Related to this, as you all know, Jim Donchess and other City Hall employees have been
reported to have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Regardless of the veracity of the tests and the fact that PCR
tests are using an unusually high amplification factor of 40 (as opposed to a more usual factor of 30), the fact
that three people from City Hall have tested positive can really only yield two facts: (a) the mayor and other
employees were not wearing masks, in contravention of the mask ordinance that Jim Donchess and others have
been pushing, or (b) as is indicated by multiple scientific articles that have been peer reviewed, masks are in
fact ineffective with respect to transmission of SARS-Cov-2. The first illustrates a massive hypocrisy on the
part of the mayor and suggests that he is, in fact, unfit to hold public office. The second illustrates just how
misguided you are with respect to a mask ordinance.
Finally, | want you ail - since you have suggested that you are unable, unwiiling or incapable of applying
critical reasoning to the analysis of peer-reviewed scientific articles - to please watch the following video. It
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