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Banning masks means banning (a subset) of disabled people from public places without great risk to their health (lemmings.world)
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[–] Buffalobuffalo@reddthat.com 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The law allows people to wear medical or surgical-grade masks in public to prevent the spread of illness. Law enforcement and property owners can ask people to temporarily remove those masks to verify their identity.

Am I missing something, it looks like this law allows medical masks.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The problem is that law enforcement doesn't do nuance like that. You know full well they will tear masks right off of disabled/immunocompromised people's faces (probably wrecking the mask forever) and point to the law as an excuse.

There's no good reason to ban masks in general. The Healthcare CEO shooter wore a mask during the crime but the police still caught him.

[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

but the police still caught him.

Allegedly...

[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Ah yes, certainly this will never ever be abused by law enforcement ever.