@InayaShujaat@mastodon.nzoss.nz

It's all in the enforcement. The law's been on the books here in Florida since 1951. There's 11 states who have similar laws, currently, and they're mostly anti-KKK laws. For example, California has a similar law. There's probably very little chance that in the average California town it's enacted against someone wearing an N95, I would assume. Although every state has it's red areas that might decide differently.

However, before COVID these laws have often been used against people who wear masks for allergies or chemical sensitivities. Now add in the DeSantis factor, the politicalization of masking, etc. and I would be very surprised if it's not weaponized against mask wearers in Florida, at least.

Let's thrown in another example. Georgia has almost the identical law. I wouldn't bet against Georgia weaponizing it to effectively ban masks, either.

In the end, my point is that ending the emergency declaration has all sorts of consequences that all of the people saying it's fine and no big deal aren't thinking through.