Violet Affleck and mask mandates

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AIBU think that this shouldn’t be encouraged? Violet Affleck advocating for mask mandates. Daughter of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck. Speaking about the importance of masks. Says we should still be wearing them to curb the spread of Covid 19.
Shouldn’t a young privileged woman be enjoying her youth? Is there a reason for fit healthy people like her to still walk around in masks?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15127909/violet-affleck-mask-mandates-long-covid-ben-jennifer-garner.html

blimey, we are struggling getting single sex toilets across the board, and they only need a stick on sign. Hepa filters are not even on the wish list!

This speaking slot should have been given to someone with something useful to say.

Nobody elected this eccentric hypochondriacal nepo baby, and the sooner she disappears back to her pampered and vacuous existence within her gated community, the better!

Because , sadly , it goes with the territory. Cheese and chutney, roast beef and Yorkshire puddings, apple pie and custard, woke nepo kids and pronouns…..

What a horrible bitchy thread about a young woman that I doubt anyone on here as actually met.

Her sister and (ex) stepsister apparently use they/them but there's never been any reports that Violet does.

That’s your opinion. It’s clearly not shared by the people whose opinions matter in this respect.

The amount of vitriol on this thread is very strange. Absolutely nothing about this young woman indicates she’s vacuous, and ‘eccentric’ is an insult, now? Seriously, you know you can just…disagree. Without unpleasantness. ‘Person X said Y, I don’t think that’s right because of Z.’ It’s really not that hard.

In my area kids wear masks so they aren’t picked up on cctv when they snatch your phone in the street. 🙁 I am not suggesting that Violet is a street robber.

It’s very strange, isn’t it?

Gosh, sorry to hear that, sounds horrendous. Long Covid is a b*stard and one of the reasons it winds me up when people downplay Covid. I don't have it myself but know a couple of people who do.

Do you know what mandate means?

What's good about this?

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?

Absolutely batshit.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It should be a fine, or refusal to board.

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