Further Actions & Sources

Anti-Mask Ban Advocacy

• 📣 ACTION TOOLKIT: Speak Out Against Mask Bans in NY - Join @CovidAdvocacyNY in speaking out against a mask ban to uphold the right of all New Yorkers to wear a mask.

• URGENT ACTION IN LONG ISLAND: Nassau County is considering mask ban legislation. The bill could result in jail time and $1,000 fines for people who wear face masks. CovidAdvocacyNY has resources on taking action.

• bit.ly/StopMaskBans Please use this easy letter campaign tool (bit.ly/3XLuhqG) and @MaskTogetherAmerica’s toolkit to fight the mask bans cropping up nationwide.

Sources

Below are some articles and studies referenced on our website or social media. 

Covid

• 3 COVID Experts on Why the CDC’s Isolation Guidelines Are Bad for Public Health (SELF)

• Governor Hochul Abruptly Ends COVID Sick Leave for NY State Employees (Hellgate NYC)

• How long does coronavirus last in the body, the air, and in food? (MedicalNewsToday)

• NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — and this variant's harder to duck (Gothamist)

• The U.S. COVID-19 public health emergency is ending. What does that mean? (Science News)

• Why are people suddenly getting COVID-19 this summer? (USAToday)

• COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life. (Teen Vogue)

• Most COVID Transmission Is Still Asymptomatic (MedPage Today)

• Analysis of a super-transmission of SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant BA.5.2 in the outdoor night market (Frontiers in Public Health)

• Association between two mass-gathering outdoor events and incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections during the fifth wave of COVID-19 in north-east Spain: A population-based control-matched analysis (The Lancet)

• Mayor Adams to New York City Shoppers: Drop That Mask (NYTimes)

Long Covid

• “Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans (Institute for New Economic Thinking)

• The Recent COVID-Fueled Rise in Disability Calls for Better Worker Protections (Center for American Progress)

• Long Covid symptoms create a greater burden of disability than heart disease or cancer, new study shows (CNN)

• Post COVID-19 Condition (Long COVID) (WHO)

• Three-year outcomes of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (Nature)

Mask Efficacy

• Study shows N95 masks near-perfect at blocking escape of airborne COVID-19 (University of Maryland School of Public Health)

• Masking Even Some of the Time This Winter Could Help Prevent Respiratory Infections (Scientific American)

• Why One-Way Masking Isn't a Very Good Public Health Solution (Slate)

• Extended use or reuse of single-use surgical masks and filtering face-piece respirators during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A rapid systematic review (Cambridge University Press)

Mask Stigma & Harassment

• Called out for wearing a mask? You're not alone. What may be driving this kind of pandemic aggression (CBC Radio)

• Former Actor Attacked for Wearing COVID Mask Left Permanently Blind (Newsweek)

• What it's like to still be COVID-cautious at work (FastCompany)

• 'Scared to put on my mask': Cancer patient says she was intentionally coughed on in spat over mask (WRAL)

• North Carolina House Passes Revised Mask Ban (Mother Jones)

• Coronavirus hate attack: Woman in face mask allegedly assaulted by man who calls her 'diseased' (NBC)

Crime & Facial Recognition

• Has COVID-19 Changed Crime? Crime Rates in the United States during the Pandemic (American Journal of Criminal Justice)

• Face masks are less effective than sunglasses in masking face identity (Scientific Reports)

• Facial recognition beats the Covid-mask challenge (BBC)

Disability

• The Truth About Invisible Disabilities: Statistics, Myths, and Barriers to Inclusion (Accessibility.com)

• “Mask off at the door” policies undermine our rights as disabled people (Disability Visibility Project)

Racial Disparity

• Asian Americans and discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic (Pew Research)

• (Un)masking threat: Racial minorities experience race-based social identity threat wearing face masks during COVID-19 (SageJournals)

• Facemasks and Anti-Asian Violence During COVID-19 (Springer Nature)

• Disparities in COVID-19 related outcomes in the United States by race and ethnicity pre-vaccination era (Frontiers in Public Health)

• Black and Hispanic Americans Are More Likely to View Face Masks as Essential (BLOOMBERG LÍNEA)

• Senators are demanding a solution to police stopping black men for wearing — and not wearing — masks (Vox)

Antisemitism & Jewish Views on Masks

• Some Jewish New Yorkers Push Back Against Proposed Mask Ban (Mother Jones)

• A subway mask ban won't fight antisemitism, but it will punish immunocompromised Jews like me (The Forward)

• What should you do if you witness antisemitic harassment? (The Forward)

• Wearing a face mask? You’re doing a mitzvah. Make a brachah! (The Forward)

• Antisemitism: how the origins of history’s oldest hatred still hold sway today (The Conversation)

• Conspiracy Myths (World Jewish Congress)

• Antisemitic conspiracies are rampant online. Students, experts share how to combat them (CBC News)