![]() But it’s not the first time masks have become a political flashpoint – it was the same in the influenza pandemic in 1918, when Americans were told to make masks at home. Last week, he mused that Americans who wore face coverings were trying to hurt him politically.Īs he often does, he is tearing at a social fault line for his own political gain. President Donald Trump is hardly helping, with his message that masking up is intrinsically weak, liberal and un-American. In California, where masks have just been made mandatory, a top health official said Monday that she had received death threats over the issue. Ashley Smith from North Carolina, for example, recently burned a mask in a frying pan in a Facebook video, and told CNN sister channel HLN that mandatory mask use infringes “our freedoms.” In Arizona, where the coronavirus infection rate is spiking, Charles Gbekia said he wouldn’t wear a mask even though he’s lost family to the virus. ![]() But while plenty of Americans are wearing masks, rebellion is part of the country’s political DNA. ![]() If you live in a country where the balance between personal rights and collective well-being falls differently, you might consider the refusal to wear a mask to be pure selfishness. A demonstrator holds a placard with a face mask stating "THE NEW SYMBOL OF TYRANNY MUZZLE" rallying outside the Pennsylvania Capitol Building to protest the continued closure of businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic on in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ![]()
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