Mask bans are evil and dystopian and I am appalled that they’re even being proposed. Wearing masks to protect your health and the health of others needs to be recognized as a right for all and an absolutely essential protection for those who would otherwise be unable to participate in society
Fuck this is going to turn into something like trans rights where I gotta look at a map of where masks are legal before I even think about going anywhere
I've been trying to figure out what the hell is going on with the recent enthusiasm for this, and my only thought is that everyone is government is in an absolute blind panic about November. (NOT THAT THAT EXCUSES ANY OF THIS!)
love how the same people who said "I will not wear a mask - MY BODY MY CHOICE!!" in 2020-2021 are now forcing their choices on others
it was never about bodily autonomy.
It seriously feels like they're trading government surveillance over public health...and it's also kind of racist if you think about it, cause before covid, most of the people who wore facemasks were Asian-Americans.
Also those who care for elderly and uncompromised or are frequently around them, who might otherwise infect their patients.
Mask bans basically tell the elderly and disabled to just go ahead and die.
completely up to date with all the vaccines, almost 40, in relatively good health... and i still wear a mask when i go anywhere i'm going to be in line/congested with other people, because i see my grandma, in her 90s and refusing to get a booster shot, every couple weeks. it's for *her,* damnit.
And In. the. SUBWAY.
Meanwhile I’ve heard so many anecdotes of “that summer cold going around” because yes yes this is definitely a thing we’ve always had this time of year, isn’t it 🙃
I'm a full time care-giver for Mom. She's 100. I haven't left her apartment without a mask since early 2020, before the official lockdowns, because she is that vulnerable. She remembers people dying from influenza, diptheria, small pox, whooping cough and measles.
Defying mask bans would be a hill I'd be willing to die on. A lunatic infringement of civil liberties and a public health disaster. I got extremely sweary with a bunch of youths on a bus in London who took the piss out of me wearing my mask.
also, you should be able to just wear them for privacy or aesthetic purposes. It's literally YOUR face. all the justifications are security culture related and those are bad even without the health aspect
People have decided that the pandemic is over and mask wearing makes them think they might be wrong…and that makes them uncomfortable. And gods forbid the majority of folks feel uncomfortable.
Even for those who currently have no medical vulnerabilities, or who don’t mask regularly, wearing a mask should be as simple as using an umbrella when it rains or a bandage when you’re bleeding. You can protect yourself from flu season or smoke, or others from your cold. Easy, practical, courteous.
Masks are banned in Germany AT PROTESTS as well. At the same time cops are forced to wear their names and badge numbers
The goal is to find and identify those who are violent
The way this is being talked about is just weird to me
Amazing how it is usually those who go on about FrEeDOm and PrO LiVe all the time will take away all other people's freedoms including especially that protecting their lives.