When leaders talk about banning masks for safety, they ignore the safety of many diverse communities. People who are higher risk, and Asian people have been attacked for wearing masks. Black and Brown communities are disproportionately targeted by police. Safety means EVERYONE.
Funny how these .#MAGA / #GOP / Libertarian / Rightwing arseholes who bang on about freedom of choice are very badly to take it away from other people.
And the rightwing #evangelica - pseudo #Democrats - pseudo #Christian - psuedo #ProLife - pseudo £patriotism arseholes who really don't give a fuck about their fellow citizens or anyone else, they just want to enforce their own dumb orejudices onto everyone else, because that's what fascists do.
The idea that there will be fewer protests if they banned masks is ridiculous. People are rightfully going to continue protesting genocide. The only thing banning masks will do is make society even less accessible and discriminate against anyone who wants to protect their health.
“As a physician I am deeply concerned about North Carolina’s potential total ban on mask-wearing. It’s disturbing to think immunocompromised and cancer patients could be deemed criminals for following medical advice aimed at safeguarding their health,” [Jerome] Adams said in one post.
“People have gone back to coughing into their hands and then shaking hands with other people. Mask-wearing has disappeared. We are going back to our old bad habits. We may come to regret that.”
Reminder: One of the best ways to prevent the next pandemic is to stop being in denial about the one that is ongoing.
@luckytran At least some people are wearing #masks around San Francisco area. Reassuring. It's totally accepted. In the UK, not so much. Should be standard practice!
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Just went and bought some #covid tests, as I found many of the ones I had expired (even with the extended dates) in February. With the discount they were about $5 apiece and that seemed pretty good. These expire in August.
A couple extra packs of #KN95s as well. Because, why not.
Anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers may be becoming stupider. Even mild covid infections can cause loss of IQ points. The longer and more severe the infection, the greater the loss of IQ points.