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Collected Item: “Striking Down Mask Mandates”

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Striking Down Mask Mandates

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

screenshot

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This is a Twitter update by artisfire1. This is about a judge striking down mandates on planes. Tony, otherwise known as atrisfire1, blames it on the selfishness of the right wing in the United States. The comic underneath that is posted helps demonstrate this person's feeling on the matter. The "I'm with them" sign held by an anthropomorphic coronavirus, is there with the anti-mandate crowd, making it apparent that the author of this tweet sees the anti-mandate crowd as the ones who spread the virus the most.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

mask mandate, judge, federal government, President Donald Trump, Republican party, political comic, Twitter, social media

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/18/judge-strikes-cdc-mask-mandate-travel-00025900

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

artisfire1

Give this story a date.

2022-04-18
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