W. MI veteran: PTSD prevents me from wearing mask

I feel for the veteran, but don't agree with his having to all but walk with a sandwich board to explain to people about his condition which is none of their freaking business.

I'm in the somewhat same boat as physical and other reasons exist. I took a load of shrapnel in the chest and lost 25% of chest wall muscle on one side along with scarred pleural lining and shrapnel still in the lung today. I makes me concentrate on my breathing as muscles to expel the CO2 and get air in is not all there. If I even have the bedsheet fall over my nose and mouth for even a few minutes I end up short of breath gasping for air. As a cherry topping for the physical damage I ended up stuck in a ditch from about 1pm till nightfall about 8pm struggling greatly to breathe with only one working lung and blowing bloody air bubbles. As a reminder for me if I have any instance of shortness of breath or feel I am not getting enough air I get taken back to that moment in that ditch in my head in a heartbeat. I really really hate that place.

So, I don't wear a mask and haven't had negative contact like the vet in the article. But, I will not wear a sign, will not explain my inability to mask up any further than "I can't wear one for physical reasons". If someone ever wants to push it past that point, they better just keep their social distance to feel safe from my presence or call some reinforcements.

At 70 years young I do not suffer busybody fools.

That might be the case...I suggest that he stay home as much as possible.