Masks Off | Jess McAllen
“The push to criminalize face coverings puts everyone at risk”
The push to criminalize face coverings puts everyone at risk
We Are Witnessing Real Time Eugenics... and People Don't Seem to Care.
“Disabled people have compromised and sacrificed so much over the last 4 years. Every day it feels like another tool is taken away, accessibility further reduced & our agency stripped back. We are constantly told that we don’t deserve to survive. That we are acceptable losses.”
Every other person in SF’s Chinatown is wearing a medical mask right now. Relatively more masking is observed in working class communities of color in Oakland, too. The racial & class bias of mask bans are so clear. So is the cruelty of targeting communities hit hardest by Covid.
Mask Bans: 'After she tried to explain that she has Stage 4 breast cancer and a weakened immune system, Stuart said, the man called her a ‘f---ing liberal’ and insisted masks were now illegal. He later coughed on her and said he hoped the cancer would kill her.”'
“Mask Bans: 'After she tried to explain that she has Stage 4 breast cancer and a weakened immune system, Stuart said, the man called her a ‘f---ing liberal’ and insisted masks were now illegal. He later coughed on her and said he hoped the cancer would kill her.”'
NJ Republican governor candidate introduces bill to outlaw wearing masks in public
NJ Republican governor candidate introduces bill to outlaw wearing masks in public
Are mask ban laws about public safety or for lawmakers to quiet protesters?
“They just have one goal. The UC administration would like to stop speech on campus about Palestine,” he said. “That’s really cynical from a college administration.”
“They just have one goal. The UC administration would like to stop speech on campus about Palestine,” he said. “That’s really cynical from a college administration.”
A McDonalds in Portland, Oregon has posted a sign saying they will not serve anyone wearing a mask.
I am really disappointed with the . My party was stopped by a sheriff at entrance to the fair. He said that masks weren’t allowed. I told him we were wearing our KN94s for health concerns. He continued to hassle one of my party and told them they would be stopped inside.
“I am really disappointed with the @mnstate . My party was stopped by a sheriff at entrance to the fair. He said that masks weren’t allowed. I told him we were wearing our KN94s for health concerns. He continued to hassle one of my party and told them they would be stopped inside.”
Mask Bans Are Everyone’s Fight (08/22/24) by Death Panel
“In our latest, we discuss the mask ban passed in Nassau County last week and why mask bans threaten much more than just public health: they’re racist carceral expansions, they’re anti-trans, and target the pro-Palestine movement and the whole of the left”
1 - Class Complaint.pdf
Disability Rights New York has filed a class action lawsuit against Nassau County seeking a preliminary injunction and a temporary restraining order to stop enforcement of the mask ban in Nassau County.
BREAKING: Disability Rights New York has filed a class action lawsuit against Nassau County.
BREAKING: Disability Rights New York has filed a class action lawsuit against Nassau County.
They are seeking a preliminary injunction and a temporary restraining order to stop enforcement of the mask ban in Nassau County.
Link to lawsuit:
Mask bans disenfranchise millions of Americans with disabilities
“…enforcing the ban is subjective and will disproportionally impact Black people and people of color, who are more likely to be stopped by police and are also more likely to wear masks to prevent Covid. This is in part because Black and Latinx Americans are more cautious in their approach to the pandemic, reflecting the higher hospitalization and death rates in these communities.”
'Scared to put on my mask': Cancer patient says she was intentionally coughed on in spat over mask
Scared to put on my mask': Cancer patient says she was intentionally coughed on in spat over mask
Scared to put on my mask': Cancer patient says she was intentionally coughed on in spat over mask
It's official: Mask ban in Nassau County, New York passes along party lines, 12-0 (7 abstentions). It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.