Republican state Sen. Buck Newton (NC) is pushing legislation in the North Carolina legislature that would repeal a COVID-era provision allowing the broad use of masks for health and safety purposes.
Masks were widely used during the pandemic, especially in 2020 and early 2021, but as the health crisis continued, their effectiveness in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 was widely questioned. Face masks have seen a resurgence in use during the various anti-Israel campus protests. Newton, who spearheaded House Bill 237, said the bill is not just about recent protests, but is about repealing an outdated COVID-era change to state law.
“The pandemic has been over for a long time. And, we’ve had a lot of instances of people concerned about people hiding their identities,” Newton said, per
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