Violet Affleck and mask mandates

Perhaps one of her teachers would be better placed to address the UN about it then.

this an argument for you and your family to wear masks around your dad if you believe they’re effective, not for the whole population to mask up

I assume she's studying about it as part of her Yale education.

I certainly didn't get repeat COVID infections and neither did my husband, but we certainly caught other things more easily after social distancing.

I think the charity Speech and Language UK have been very vocal about this. This link shows show stats which might be useful for you: speechandlanguage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/speaking-up-for-the-covid-generation-i-can-report.pdf

A mega dose of self importance.

This.

She'll be the mask because breathing is dangerous (she can wear if she wants but leave the rest of us alone), the free Pal (ignoring the terrorists who run the place and what they did and do), save the planet (whilst swanning off for hols with the parents), TWAW (ignoring the real concerns of biological women. This type are so privileged they are completely up their own asses.

Sounds reasonable enough to me. Our A&E all started masking back up when flu went through it like wildfire. GPs did the same when Covid ripped through it leaving it with 2 staff who could still come in.

The HOP had HEPA filters installed before any MP would go back to work in person.

And her qualifications are what, exactly? What legitimacy does the teenage daughter of two actors have to talk about this?

People's immune systems are weakened because of repeat covid infections, which suppress the immune system. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/2025/05/study-shows-sars-cov-2-corrupts-some-white-blood-cells-to-suppress-immune-system-suggesting-a-path-to-severe-covid

It should be a fine, or refusal to board.

I find anti-maskers hilarious at best and downright childish at worst.

I remember seeing clips from an awards ceremony. None of the celebs were wearing masks but the help were The people waiting on them. It was not great optics and gave off a protecting our betters vibe.

My DP is deaf and relies mainly on lipreading. Masks are a nightmare for them as they can't understand anyone. It's not just the lipreading , the mask also muffles the sound. There are clear masks to help lipreading. Is Affleck wearing one? No. She is quite happy to alienate deaf people.

Who do you think should bear the responsibility and costs for enforcing masks on public transport, and what do you think should happen when the public aren't having it?

Because having a mask mandate and having a general public who'll accept it are not the same thing. The first doesn't create the second.

And actually, a good quality well fitted mask does offer a decent degree of protection to the wearer.

It’s not a sterile life.

the issue is, after Covid, people resent staying home. So they go out in public when they’re really unwell.

I'm not convinced it does though. Everyone's immune systems seemed to be weakened after masks and social distancing. We aren't supposed to lead sterile lives.

She was advocating for hepa air filters in public buildings and masking in medical facilities not "everyone masked up all the time". No need for such a hysterical reaction.

Maybe she realises that it’s not about her, but protecting those who have poor immune systems.
I’m immune compromised due to medication I take, I got Covid more than 2 months ago and the fatigue is still kicking my arse, and my chest feels like someone took sandpaper to the inside of my lungs.

I think masks etc should be enforced on things like public transport, in hospitals, etc. Especially during cold and flu season.

I used to get really unwell when I got a cold. My dad gets very unwell from bugs, even if the rest of us are fine. A sniffle for me could end up putting him in hospital. I’m fed up of being surrounded by people who are coughing their lungs up on the bus (and don’t say I should just put a mask on - it doesn’t work like that, they’re to keep bugs IN, not out).

It’s a small thing that doesn’t affect the vast majority of the population and it would make us all healthier.

Do any of these idiotic mask advocates ever consider the environmental waste that would be generated if everyone masked up all the time?

Or the impact on babies and children's social development?

Only a complete and utter lunatic would advocate for people to wear them when there is no longer a pandemic.

I think let people choose. In Japan and no doubt other countries people wear masks just for a common cold, out of consideration for others. I wouldn't mind if we had this sort of use of masks over here, colds can be nasty and result in time off work.

She has no qualifications to be given this platform. That is what annoys me the most. She’s honestly speaking into thin air though so complete waste of her time.

Absolutely batshit.

Masks were worn in 2020-2021, by some adults and pupils in secondary schools. Not at home. And primary schools and nurseries had no mask mandates for adults or children. Can you explain how you think that caused speech and language delays in children under 5? I'm also interested in how the children who were not yet born during the era of covid precautions were affected?

What's good about this?