#MaskBan

2025-05-03

It’s time to boycott the Kennedy Center.

Trump has taken a great American arts institution and started destroying it (like he does with everything he touches)

The Center announced an employee mask ban today, putting the lives of staff and patrons at risk.

Employees must obtain a doctor’s note if they feel their disability merits wearing a mask. They will be forced to divulge medical information to their employer.

Even if they successfully jump through all the hoops, they will be removed from a public facing role.

Everyone needs the right to protect their health. You shouldn’t need to already be disabled to be “allowed” to avoid COVID.

This is about optics and control. They want to promote the narrative that COVID is over, even though they know it’s not true.

This is an inevitable consequence of failure to normalize masks. Please if you can wear a mask, wear one now.

It won’t be long before the fascists ban them altogether.

#maskban #uspoli #fascism #trump #kennedycenter #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #wearamask #nomaskban

III. Mask Wearing Masks should not be worn in public spaces in the Center. This is especially important for our public-facing and front-of-house employees. If you believe that you are too sick (or contagious) to come to work without wearing a mask, please stay at home until the illness subsides, you will not be penalized. If you believe you have a disability under the ADA that requires wearing a mask, please obtain a medical certification from your provider and consult with your supervisor about securing an approval as a reasonable accommodation to perform your job, and you will be relocated to a non-forward facing position and continue your current position.Last reviewed by the Office of Human Resources and the Office of General Counsel in May 2025 Updated by HR: April 2025 The Kennedy Center: No Mask Policy I. Purpose The John F. Kennedy Center ("Center") for performing arts is committed to providing an environment that reflects the highest standards of ethics, professionalism, and mutual respect. The Center values integrity, transparency, and accountability in every aspect of its operations. We ask that all employees read, understand, and acknowledge this policy.• Second violation: The employee will be reminded of the No Mask Policy and that employees must seek a valid medical certification in order to wear a mask. Employee will receive a second written warning. The employee will be sent home for the remainder of the day. • Third Violation: Employment will be terminated immediately. All employees are expected to comply fully with this policy. Exceptions must be approved in writing by The Human Resources Department prior to being on site.Il. Policy The wearing of masks or facial coverings is strictly prohibited while on the Center's premises, unless otherwise approved by a reasonable accommodation. Disciplinary Action: • First Violation: The employee will be reminded of the No Mask Policy and that employees must seek a valid medical certification in order to wear a mask. Employee will receive a formal written warning. The employee will be sent home for the remainder of the day.
2025-05-02

Aux États-Unis, les camarades luttent contre les #MaskBan : des lois qui interdisent officiellement le port du masque dans l'espace public.

Ces lois sont validistes, eugénistes, racistes, mortifères.

La France n'est pas à l'abri de les voir arriver un jour, surtout si on ne se masque qu'en manif ! Il sera alors plus simple pour le pouvoir de prétendre que le masque ne sert qu'à cacher le visage des vilains black blocs représentant un danger pour la vie des pauvres vitrines innocentes 😱🥺

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-04-27

@MarionDonnelly @luckytran I'd say this as a matter of #PublicHealth.

I guess having Pre-Boomers die of old age is the problem because many #Boomers got raised by #Polio #survivors flexing the #trauma of loosing up to 75% of their classmates by threatening to disown them if they didn't #Vaccinate their children!

2025-04-18

In recent weeks & days, the #Trump admin began a review of $9B in federal contracts & grants to #Harvard; called for restrictions including a #MaskBan & *#DEI* removal; threatened to strip Harvard of its #TaxExempt status; & demanded info on some #visa holders at Harvard w/ a threat to take away its ability to enroll #foreign #students.
Harvard on Monday rejected numerous demands that it said would cede control to the govt. The Trump admin subsequently said it was freezing $2.3B in funding.
#law

Trump Targets #Disabled with #MaskBan

- #AI can ID perps with masks: no legit reason to ban
- Masks collect DNA: benefit to police
- Trump cronies ban masks to forbid disabled from protesting
- #N95 🖕
cbsnews.com/newyork/news/colum

Apparently Columbia University has agreed to Trump administration demands:

abc7ny.com/post/trump-columbia

But I'd still urge US folks to call their congress rep to say these kind of research funding cuts are unacceptable.

You can remind your congress rep that ME/CFS research is badly underfunded.

You can also say ME/CFS patients are against mask bans because masks are needed to protect our health!

@mecfs

#MEcfs #LongCovid #Research #Resist #USPol #MaskBan #CovidIsNotOver

2025-03-21

New York Governor Hochul is trying to sneak a mask ban into the budget, despite the opposition of many disabled & high risk people who NEED masks to safely access public spaces.

Criminalizing masks during an airborne pandemic, while measles is on the rise, is dangerous, ableist & eugenicist.

Call and email elected officials and tell them you oppose mask bans and that medical exemptions are NOT sufficient

gothamist.com/news/gov-hochul-

#maskban #noNYmaskban #ableism #eugenics #uglylaws #newyork #uspoli #covidisairborne #covidisnotover

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-03-21

@thetyee it also taught governments that #democide and #genocide by criminal #neglect and action (i.e. #MaskBan) is acceptable and won't result in #accountability or #consequences...

2025-02-25

If you think mask bans are “no big deal” because there’s medical exemptions, please consider the following:

😷 Police are not doctors
😷 Many disabilities are invisible
😷 Disabled people don’t live in a bubble. I need my friends and caregivers to mask to protect me
😷 Everyone should have the right to protect their health, you shouldn’t have to already be sick to be permitted to mask
😷 Criminalizing masks sends a message that maskers are “bad”. It emboldens anti-maskers and increases odds of aggression

The reality is that mask bans are discriminatory, ableist and eugenicist. They push disabled people out of public spaces. They put marginalized and POC at increased risk of police profiling.

There’s no official policy for a medical exemption either, it’s at police discretion.

If you’re stopped and questioned, you will have to prove you’re masking for the “right reasons”

I’m more than willing to admit that if I were stopped by a cop for masking, I would appear nervous, shaky, tachycardic and probably “suspicious”.

Not because I’m doing anything wrong, but because my illnesses do not respond well to stress and the police are stressful.

It’s not right to put the onus on the masker to defend their right to mask. We’re still in a global pandemic. Texas has a measles outbreak. There’s tuberculosis in Kansas. Bird flu is spreading and it’s the worst year for influenza A in over a decade.

Masks are a public health tool. They’re a disability accommodation. They should NOT be criminalized.

For more on mask bans and medical exemptions, I wrote an article on the Nassau County ban here:

disabledginger.com/p/nassau-co

#nomaskban #uspoli #texas #northcarolina #maskban #disability #uglylaws #publichealth #ableism #eugenics #h5n1 #measles #longcovid #covidisairborne

Maggie Maybemaggiejk@zeroes.ca
2025-02-19

Today #NH is hearing #HB361 in the education policy and administration committee.

IT PROHIBITS REQUIRING MASKS IN SCHOOLS.

I’m going to wait to make public comment on that one because I want to see what evidence people introduce, but when we make public comment online we can upload links they actually appreciate it. They get kind of annoyed when we talk about studies or statutes but then we don’t upload them.

I’ll put the link in the replies in case anyone can help me oppose this house bill. They’ll be taking public comment until 11:59 PM tonight.

#WearAMask #ProtectKidsBrains
#MaskBan (that’ll be next)

Maggie Maybemaggiejk@zeroes.ca
2025-02-18

Hey they introduced a bill to ban masks in Maryland. This is not ok.

thepeoplesstrategist.com/p/eme

#MasksWork #CovidIsNotOver #MD #MaskBan

New #MaskBan Bill
Your HELP needed

☎️ VIOLATES #HEALTH & #DISABILITY RIGHTS

410-841-3103
joe.vogel@house.state.md.us

410-841-3524
karen.toles@house.state.md.us

410-841-3792
ryan.spiegel@house.state.md.us

410-841-3436
karen.simpson@house.state.md.us

410-841-3047
adrian.boafo@house.state.md.us

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-02-09

@GatekeepKen fubfuckibgtastic, so like with #COVID19 vecause some place didn't get their shit together everyone else suffers?

(Okay, the non-enforcement of #MaskMandate|s and even introduction of #MaskBan|s isn't tueir fault, but coveribg up a #SARS epidemic since at least August when it became common klowledge by doctors in the "P.R." #China is!)

2025-02-04

North Dakota becomes the latest state to try & enact a mask ban

Pay particular attention to this part of the bill

“With intent to conceal the identity of individual while congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask”

Being masked with other maskers should NOT be a crime

ndlegis.gov/content/applicatio

#maskban #nomaskban #covidisnotover #uglylaws #uspoli #disability #ableism #disabilityrights

Columbia University NY: Professor Submits #MaskBan Proposal

Medical mask exception -it’s not clear what documentation is required to prevent being unmasked, fined, harassed, jailed
columbiaspectator.com/news/202

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-12-18

@micchiato exactly that!

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #KeepMasksOn

2024-11-28

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