Piggybacking on the North Carolina town that has a statue celebrating and romanticizing slavery is this lovely state bill that will prohibit people from wearing masks for medical reasons. As the doctor who was under the Trump administration said, he has received many texts from people around the country asking him “Oh my god, what’s going on in North Carolina?”
Nice job trying to be the most despicable state, North Carolina. Mississippi, Arkansas, and West Virginia are blocking your way!
Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams, who served during the Trump administration, criticized the proposal in a thread on X, formerly Twitter. His wife has been fighting cancer for years.
“As a physician I am deeply concerned about North Carolina’s potential total ban on mask-wearing. It’s disturbing to think immunocompromised and cancer patients could be deemed criminals for following medical advice aimed at safeguarding their health,” Adams said in one post.
Wolfe and other physicians in North Carolina share the former surgeon general’s concerns.
“It’s obviously outrageous and also not a very well-thought-out approach,” said David Wohl, an infectious disease specialist at UNC Health. “This is really smacking of political point-making. People cover their faces for all sorts of reasons.”
Nice job trying to be the most despicable state, North Carolina. Mississippi, Arkansas, and West Virginia are blocking your way!
Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams, who served during the Trump administration, criticized the proposal in a thread on X, formerly Twitter. His wife has been fighting cancer for years.
“As a physician I am deeply concerned about North Carolina’s potential total ban on mask-wearing. It’s disturbing to think immunocompromised and cancer patients could be deemed criminals for following medical advice aimed at safeguarding their health,” Adams said in one post.
Wolfe and other physicians in North Carolina share the former surgeon general’s concerns.
“It’s obviously outrageous and also not a very well-thought-out approach,” said David Wohl, an infectious disease specialist at UNC Health. “This is really smacking of political point-making. People cover their faces for all sorts of reasons.”
Doctors rail against proposed ban against public masking
Proposal to ban face masks in public draws criticism from infectious disease specialists
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