Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Commuters, one wearing a mask, ride the subway in New York, Friday, June 14, 2024. New York Governor ..
. [+] Kathy Hochul says she is considering a ban on face masks in the New York City subway system, following what she described as concerns over people shielding their identities while committing antisemitic acts. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Copyright 2024 The Associated Press.
All rights reserved. The CDC has just changed its assessment of Covid-19 risks from saying it is primarily a seasonal, winter respiratory infection to noting that there are also summer peaks . It is, therefore, even more disturbing that a number of cities and states are choosing to promote mask bans.
Here’s where those policies have taken hold. North Carolina In North Carolina, the General Assembly passed bill HB 237, previously called Unmasking Mobs and Criminals . It said it is illegal to mask in public unless you have a contagious disease .
(Note: There is no exemption for preventing disease, asthma, or other medical problems). Republicans said the law was passed as a response to masking at college campuses by protestors against the war in Gaza. The law also increases the penalties if a person commits a crime while wearing a mask.
Yet if they obtained a permit, the KKK could hold masked rallies . Democratic State Rep. Maria Cervania is an epidemiologist as well as a legislator.
In an interview, she said that the worst part is that “any property own.
