To wear or not to wear a mask ...
Here's how the country has dealt with masking since the start of the pandemic.
Here's how the country has dealt with masking since the start of the pandemic.
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00:00Your nose is covered, your mouth is covered, your chin is covered.
00:06I don't wear a mask for the same reason I don't wear underwear.
00:10Things gotta breathe.
00:12I hate these things.
00:22Right now in the United States, people should not be walking around with masks.
00:30We are demanding that we get all the hoarded supplies that exist of PPE so that we can
00:35protect ourselves, our families, and our beloved patients and communities.
00:41We can't do it if we're dead.
01:00You see all these commercials on TV, we thank you to our heroes, thank you to the nurses,
01:19thank you to the doctors, thank you to the transit workers, thank you to the police officers.
01:24You really want to say thank you?
01:26Then respect them and respect their job and wear the mask so you don't infect people.
01:33This is insane, this is insane.
01:37I would also like to know where do you get the authority to reduce my oxygen?
01:43I am not a sex slave that wears masks.
01:47I am not into sadomasochism and bondage.
01:51I think it's a great thing to wear a mask.
01:53I've never been against masks, but I do believe they have a time and a place.
02:05You guys are drilling in my CO2 and you're not getting enough oxygen.
02:09It actually causes irreversible brain damage.
02:11You can't have a mask like this.
02:13You can't have a mask underneath your chin.
02:15You can't have a mask off to the side.
02:17I am discriminated against every single day in my county now, sometimes multiple times a day.
02:26I'm told, stand back, stand back.
02:33Ma'am, ma'am, excuse me, ma'am, you have to wear a mask.
02:38Stand back.
02:41Ma'am, ma'am, excuse me, ma'am, you have to wear a mask.
02:47And the best one, leave.
02:51I'm treated, we are treated worse than second-class citizens.
02:56Please, dear God, Johnson County, could we please tell the world we believe in science?
03:07These face masks are the most important, powerful public health tool we have.
03:10I might even go so far as to say that this face mask
03:14is more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I take a COVID vaccine.
03:24They do not protect you from a dangerous virus.
03:27They don't do anything because, as the science says,
03:32they do not do anything even though she said it in the beginning.
03:35And it changes the rest of the administration.
03:39No more masks, no more masks, they don't do anything.
03:43A lot of folks are hearing now about double masking, wearing two masks or trying to get
03:50one of those N95 medical grade masks. Do you believe that that's?
03:54You know, it likely does, because I mean, this is a physical covering
03:59to prevent droplets and virus to get in.
04:03So if you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on,
04:07it just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective.
04:11And that's the reason why you see people either double masking or doing a version of an N95.
04:24The new strains emerging create immense challenges.
04:28And masking is still the easiest thing to do to save lives.
04:33But we need everyone to mask up.
04:35I know it's a pain in the neck, but it's a patriotic responsibility.
04:40It's a patriotic responsibility.
04:43Do you think Americans will still be wearing masks, for example, in 2022?
04:50You know, I think it is possible that that's the case.
04:54Starting today, if you're fully vaccinated and you're outdoors,
05:00you need and not in a big crowd, you no longer need to wear a mask.
05:06Tonight, masks are coming back.
05:08The Los Angeles Department of Public Health recommending
05:10residents wear a mask in public indoor spaces, even the fully vaccinated.
05:16I hate these things. Absolutely. It was terrible having to put this back on.
05:23And we do it because the top doctor for all of us asked us to.
05:29And I just find it absolutely immature and appalling to somehow diminish it
05:37to try to score cheap political points.
05:39Stop. Just stop with this craziness.
05:44We're trying to be safe.
05:48If you're sick, stay inside.
05:51I'm tired of having to.
05:52OK, why are we working around y'all?
05:54If y'all if you're in danger, stay your ass inside.
05:57I'm tired of wearing a mask.
06:08I'm asking you to implement a temporary mask mandate,
06:12at least until every student has had the opportunity to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
06:18Did you think about my eight-year-old daughter when you made masks mandated last year
06:22and she cried the whole way home?
06:25Her love for school extinguished because of the lack of connection that she needed.
06:29The Delta variant will spread in our schools like wildfire.
06:33Children and family members will die if you do not put mitigation strategies in place.