Commentary
The Center for Disease Control’s announcement it is extending the federal mask mandate for planes and trains until (at least) May 3 continues the use of the mask as the emblem of a relatively new form of what we might call American communism.
No real proof exists that masks actually work to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Further, airplanes are known to have some of the most virus-free air extant through HEPA filtration.
So the mask is not a medical necessity, it is a symbol of something and that something is acquiescence to government control.
It has become our version of the hammer and the sickle or the Mao hat. Some will wear it for the rest of their lives, even if and when it’s declared unnecessary. It will be part security blanket, part symbol of loyalty to the state.
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