LINK Pandemic, Public Health, And The Police Power: A Quick Sketch Of Why States Can Require Wearing Masks In Public | Above the Law
Wear the mask. Not only because it’s better to be safe than sorry, but because, yes, your state has the right to require you to wear a mask during a pandemic. The states’ power to establish and enforce laws to protect the public welfare, safety, and health, commonly known as the police power, is supported by the Tenth Amendment. While the Constitution has been amended in countless ways since its execution, the police power as it relates to public health has been largely untouched by later construction.
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Living in society (as opposed to a cave in the hills) presupposes having to do things for the good of all...for example, stopping at red lights.
Thisis a Public Health/good of all issue, and and supercedes your right to be a menace!
AnneWimsey
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June 30, 2020
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I wholeheartedly agree.
Compliance and enforcement seem to be problematic. 
FearlessFly
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June 30, 2020
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If I see someone not wearing a mask in a store, as is thankfully required here , or IMO worse, wearing it below their nose, I use my Outdoor Voice to call them on it!
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