We’re co-sponsoring Mask Together America’s campaign to write to U.S. officials to ask them to prohibit mask banning and provide mitigation tools instead.
“Mask bans are disability injustice, discrimination, and violation of human rights. They are an ADA issue. No one should be required to disclose their own or their household’s health conditions, or other reasons they wear a mask. Harassing someone to unmask or justify wearing effective mitigation tools is an invasion of privacy. Black and brown people and other people of color in general use mitigation tools like masking at higher rates than white people. People of color have experienced more harassment throughout the pandemic for masking. Under any mask ban – even if it incorporates medical mask exemptions in theory – people of color will be disproportionately targeted by law enforcement. Everyone should be able to be in public, including to participate in civic action, while masking for safety.
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.”
– Mask Together America