Artie Vierkant: This morning @reallandsend.bsky.social and I are in The Nation arguing against mask bans: Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away. www.thenation.com/article/arch...

This morning @reallandsend.bsky.social and I are in The Nation arguing against mask bans: Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away. www.thenation.com/article/arch...

Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away.www.thenation.com Mask bans are ostensibly about public safety. The result would be disastrous for public health—but it goes beyond that, too.

“We have barreled so far forward into pandemic denial that the Democratic Party has gone from being the party of mask mandates to the party of mask bans in just over four years.” www.thenation.com/article/arch...

Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away.www.thenation.com Mask bans are ostensibly about public safety. The result would be disastrous for public health—but it goes beyond that, too.

“If you ever stopped masking, there has rarely been a better time to start again. Mask up and show your solidarity. Eric Adams will hate it.” www.thenation.com/article/arch...

Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away.www.thenation.com Mask bans are ostensibly about public safety. The result would be disastrous for public health—but it goes beyond that, too.

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Were there no other available photos that included a KN95? That cover photo is an incredibly poor choice.

we didn’t get to pick the photo, but I agree that I would not have picked one with a surgical mask

Uh huh. Did you have the option of a kill fee for an editorial blunder that clowns & undercuts the purpose of the article?

we were not aware of the image before it was published, but we have contacted the editor to get it changed

Cool. Best of luck with that and I look forward to the grown-up version.

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