The politics of masking, part II

Monday night will be an epic battle between the masked and the unmasked

One of the weirdest experiences in my journalism career was an early meeting about whether or not the city should have a mask mandate. I realized in attending the meeting, it would be impossible to remain neutral. There could be no Schrodinger’s mask; I either needed to wear one to the meeting, or not. There was no middle ground, no neutral position.

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