Broadwaybabyto<p>If you’re not fighting against mask bans because you think they “only” apply to those committing crimes… consider the following:</p><p>Who decides who’s committing a crime? The police. POC who mask will be disproportionately targeted. </p><p>Who decides if your medical exemption is “good enough”? Police</p><p>The police aren’t doctors. It shouldn’t be up to them to determine who has a valid reason for masking. </p><p>Many disabilities are invisible. We struggle to convince healthcare workers that we’re sick. What chance do we have with law enforcement? </p><p>Non disabled people also need the right to mask. </p><p>Finally, anti mask sentiment is at an all time high. </p><p>Before COVID, no one cared if you wore a mask in public. The worst that would happen is you might get a strange look. </p><p>Now there’s an entire segment of the population who see it as political virtue signalling. </p><p>There’s others with unresolved pandemic trauma who get irrationally angry when they see someone wearing a mask. </p><p>It’s (sadly) no longer a non event. Now it’s controversial. Adversarial. Political. </p><p>As a result, criminalizing masks will only further embolden those who seek to harm maskers </p><p>We need to normalize masks as a public health tool before it’s too late. </p><p>If you care about social justice, disability rights, fighting fascism or your health… you should be wearing a mask. Ideally an N95 or better. </p><p>The more of us wearing them, the harder they will be to ban.</p><p>Don’t make the mistake of assuming these bans are “no big deal”. </p><p>They are a very big deal. They will cost lives. Both due to Covid spread and also violence at the hands of law enforcement or vigilante anti-maskers. </p><p>Call and email your elected officials. Tell them no mask bans. </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maskbans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskbans</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/noNYmaskban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noNYmaskban</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uglylaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uglylaws</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisnotover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisnotover</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisairborne</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wearamask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wearamask</span></a></p>