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minus-squarefubarxlinkfedilinkarrow-up46arrow-down1·27 days agoWe just got a county public alert telling us COVID is on the rise around here and to wear masks. Whatever happened to CDC guidance?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·27 days agoSupposedly there’s a medical exception, so covid masks are ok. The purpose of the law is to make it easier for cops to identify protesters to brutalize later.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up6·27 days agoI doubt that’s how the medical exemption will work. You probably need to obtain an exemption on medical grounds.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·27 days agoI’m pretty sure that “I don’t want covid” and “I don’t want to give others covid” are excellent medical grounds. Then again, I’m not a cop or Republican councilmember 🤷
minus-squareIapar@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·27 days agoAnd if they just wear medical masks? Are they allowed to order you to take them of?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·27 days agoProbably not, but they’ll probably do so anyway and get away with it.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-227 days agoYup. Accurate assessments of police conduct and the consequences (or rather lack of consequences) thereof tend to be 😮💨
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 days agoYes. I believe it’s entirely up to police discretion so depending on your skin color and whether johnny law had lunch will determine whether you get the 1k fine and or jail time.
We just got a county public alert telling us COVID is on the rise around here and to wear masks.
Whatever happened to CDC guidance?
Supposedly there’s a medical exception, so covid masks are ok.
The purpose of the law is to make it easier for cops to identify protesters to brutalize later.
I doubt that’s how the medical exemption will work.
You probably need to obtain an exemption on medical grounds.
I’m pretty sure that “I don’t want covid” and “I don’t want to give others covid” are excellent medical grounds.
Then again, I’m not a cop or Republican councilmember 🤷
And if they just wear medical masks? Are they allowed to order you to take them of?
Probably not, but they’ll probably do so anyway and get away with it.
That’s bleak.
Yup. Accurate assessments of police conduct and the consequences (or rather lack of consequences) thereof tend to be 😮💨
Yes. I believe it’s entirely up to police discretion so depending on your skin color and whether johnny law had lunch will determine whether you get the 1k fine and or jail time.