#statemandates

Let’s be clear, law or not wear a fucking mask!

I’m sick and tired of hearing people say that they know their “constitutional rights” and how they don’t have to wear a mask because this is a free country, blah, blah, blah.

Get real, the United States is not and has not been a free country. When it was founded it was only free if you were cisgender, straight, white, well-off financially and a man. Isn’t not that different today. According to the Human Freedom Index the US isn’t even in the top 10 freeist countries (In 2019 the US ranked 15). 

Also, the Constitution is not just the Amendments. Those are add-ons to an existing document. A document that gives the States and Governors of those states certain powers. These powers were also written into laws. When a state is declared to be in a state of emergency (pretty much all of the US during COVID) the governor gains the right to create and enforce mandates, which pretty much makes them law (Cal. Gov. Code § 8570). 

In the United States we’re in the middle of a pandemic. Infections and deaths are at an all time high, higher than when states went into lockdown. Why would anyone choose to not wear a mask knowing that they could be infecting (and possibly killing) other people?

It’s legally mandatory in some states (according to state laws, emergency services code, the fucking constitution) and there’s plenty of easy to understand science videos that even idiots can replicate at home that show the effectiveness/importance of wearing a mask.