ACTION ALERT: Speak out against a mask ban in NY! Click this link to find action items you can do TODAY to help ensure that we can safely wear masks around our city! https://covidadvocacyny.org (fb)

The United States should have normalized masking after the deadly flu pandemic in 1918. Imagine if Americans knew to put on a mask when COVID hit in 2020 – that might have prevented the country’s colossal infection control failure. Instead of uniting to beat this still rapidly mutating virus that unceasingly takes lives and disables even the young and healthy, and instead of normalizing prevention against all mask-preventable infectious diseases, some people are misusing their power to try to ban masks. Some politicians and law enforcement officials claim that masks conceal the identities of “criminals,” while masking in reality reflects caring for community safety and is a critical mitigation tool for both air pollution and infection control. Let’s all ask our elected officials to make public health a priority. Nobody should be stopped from protecting their health. Rather than banning masks, we need laws that prohibit mask bans. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/bc0278ce20705b203f0d668ea0384057ea9262de (fb)