I’ve had people ask me why I’m concerned about mask bans given there’s a “medical exemption”
Mask bans are a return to ugly laws that will further isolate & exclude disabled people from society.
Medical exemptions are inadequate & leave many people behind (like healthy covid cautious people)
My article goes into it in more detail - but police are NOT medical professionals. It shouldn’t be up to them to determine who’s “medically justified” in wearing a mask
Many of us have invisible illnesses & struggle to convince our doctors to take us seriously
What hope do we have with police?
Moreover - disabled people don’t exist in a vacuum. We have friends, family and caregivers who we rely on to mask to protect us. They don’t qualify under most medical exemptions.
If you’re non disabled and want to stay that way? If you’re trying to avoid covid? That also doesn’t qualify.
These bans represent escalating fascism. They’re preying on people’s hatred for the disabled as well as their anger over mask mandates and covid policies.
The best way to push back? Wear a mask. Right now.
Call local lawmakers & tell them you won’t visit any state or county with a ban.
The Governor of North Carolina vetoed the bill - but the senate super majority overrode his veto.
Right after the mask ban bill passed - a woman with stage 4 cancer was accosted for masking.
The man called her a liberal, identified himself as a conservative & coughed on her.
What’s even more appalling - is that if you read the language of the North Carolina bill - it says any OCCUPANT of a public space can legally demand you remove your mask.
Its essentially deputizing the public to enforce mask bans - and designed to dissuade people from masking in the first place
Given these bans have been pushed by Republicans - and JD Vance spearheaded the federal ban on mask mandates - it’s prudent to fight back now while we still can.
Wearing a mask in public shows solidarity. It helps normalize them as a medical device. It will make them harder to ban.
My full article on the Nassau County ban and why medical exemptions aren’t the answer is below - I just found out Facebook has removed it for “disinformation”. And we wonder why more people don’t know mask bans have already happened 😞
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/nassau-county-ny-makes-masking-illegal
#nomaskbans #maskbans #wearamask #CovidIsNotOver #covidisairborne #ableism #eugenics #discrimination #disability
Mask bans are a return to ugly laws that will further isolate & exclude disabled people from society.
Medical exemptions are inadequate & leave many people behind (like healthy covid cautious people)
My article goes into it in more detail - but police are NOT medical professionals. It shouldn’t be up to them to determine who’s “medically justified” in wearing a mask
Many of us have invisible illnesses & struggle to convince our doctors to take us seriously
What hope do we have with police?
Moreover - disabled people don’t exist in a vacuum. We have friends, family and caregivers who we rely on to mask to protect us. They don’t qualify under most medical exemptions.
If you’re non disabled and want to stay that way? If you’re trying to avoid covid? That also doesn’t qualify.
These bans represent escalating fascism. They’re preying on people’s hatred for the disabled as well as their anger over mask mandates and covid policies.
The best way to push back? Wear a mask. Right now.
Call local lawmakers & tell them you won’t visit any state or county with a ban.
The Governor of North Carolina vetoed the bill - but the senate super majority overrode his veto.
Right after the mask ban bill passed - a woman with stage 4 cancer was accosted for masking.
The man called her a liberal, identified himself as a conservative & coughed on her.
What’s even more appalling - is that if you read the language of the North Carolina bill - it says any OCCUPANT of a public space can legally demand you remove your mask.
Its essentially deputizing the public to enforce mask bans - and designed to dissuade people from masking in the first place
Given these bans have been pushed by Republicans - and JD Vance spearheaded the federal ban on mask mandates - it’s prudent to fight back now while we still can.
Wearing a mask in public shows solidarity. It helps normalize them as a medical device. It will make them harder to ban.
My full article on the Nassau County ban and why medical exemptions aren’t the answer is below - I just found out Facebook has removed it for “disinformation”. And we wonder why more people don’t know mask bans have already happened 😞
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/nassau-county-ny-makes-masking-illegal
#nomaskbans #maskbans #wearamask #CovidIsNotOver #covidisairborne #ableism #eugenics #discrimination #disability
Nassau County, NY Makes Masking Illegal - Why Medical Exemptions Aren't the Answer
Defendants of mask bans point to medical exemptions as proof that disabled people have nothing to worry about. They're wrong. A look at why bans are ableist, discriminatory and dangerous.Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)
