Citing Health Concerns, Some Jewish New Yorkers Push Back Against Proposed Mask Ban

Mother Jones ^ | 6/15/24 | Julia Metraux

[DallasBiff]

When Rikki Baker Keusch, a disabled New York-based Jewish community organizer, saw that Hochul was seriously thinking about a mask ban, they were livid. Taking Covid precautions has also become the norm in the Jewish community they are a part of in New York City. “We required everyone to test [for Covid] before Seder,” said Baker Keusch, who wears masks to protect themselves from infectious diseases during pro-Palestinian protests. Getting Covid again while at a demonstration would set back “all of the health progress I’ve barely been able to make since my last Covid infection,” Baker Keusch said.

People are far less likely to contract Covid if they wear an effective mask, with duckbill N95 masks being the most effective for preventing infections. Given the drop-off in testing, it is difficult know just how many people in New York have Covid. But data from the state shows that the age groups with the most diagnosed cases are children under one-year-old and adults over 85.

[cowboyusa]

I saw youra couple yesterday morning in the very Liberal nieghborhood of Meruon Stations. WEARING MASKS while walking outside in 88 degree heat. I mumbled “morons” under my breath. Complete slaves!

[laplata]

Very good post.

[fini]

I like to allow people to wear masks. It helps to identify whom I need to stay away from.

[sergeantdave]

“They would have loaded the un-vaxed on cattle cars if they could have.”

Since leftists can’t figure out what bathroom to use or what a woman is, we’d end up on a Norwegian research ship in the Arctic or waiting at Disneyland for the teacup ride.

[laplata]

Wrong! It would be camps. They want us to be eliminated, not entertained.

[BitWielder1]

There should neither be a mask ban or a mask mandate.
If you wear a mask, you must remove it temporarily when required for identification purposes.
Other than that, it's each person's choice.

There are reasons other than "covid" to wear a mask.
I know a woman who is severely disfigured from oral cancer and prefers to wear a mask for that reason.
But it's nobody's business and she shouldn't have to justify herself to any "Karens".