Dr. Lucky Tran 

For 3 consecutive years, #COVID-19 has been the top cause of death in the line of duty for police officers. But the NYPD wants to criminalize wearing a mask anyway.

Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/03/covid-police-top-line-of-duty-death-usa-2022

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-masks-robbery-nypd-require-customers-remove-covid-19/

Covid was top line-of-duty death for US police for third year running in 2022

Report shows pace has slowed, however, with 70 law enforcement deaths recorded in the line of duty

The Guardian
Mar 4, 2023 at 10:25pmWeb
Show threadJoe OrtizMar 5, 2023

@luckytran New York does have a anti-mask law in the books that dates back to the mid 19th century so its basically already there and it's likely to go back in effect once the NY state of emergency ends.

Source: a Techdirt piece from April 2020. https://www.techdirt.com/2020/04/21/new-yorks-governor-hands-down-mask-mandate-while-states-anti-mask-law-remains-books/

New York's Governor Hands Down A Mask Mandate While The State's Anti-Mask Law Remains On The Books

The spread of the coronavirus throughout the nation is turning some old laws into new ridiculousness. One of the hardest hit areas in the US is New York, which has nearly 30% of the nation’s …

Techdirt
Show threadJoe OrtizMar 5, 2023
@luckytran NY should make changes to the law to create exceptions to medical situations such as being sick or having to go to a doctor or a hospital but I can't see it sadly.
Show threadMario BenfieldMar 5, 2023
@luckytran Terrible policy. Let citizens make their decisions for health and safety.
Show threadPMTrioxMar 5, 2023
@luckytran At some point you just have to watch them walk off the cliff when they're willing to shoot you for trying to save them.
Show threadEohippaMar 5, 2023

@luckytran

Line of Duty death means something specific to police. Their surviving family is taken care of financially for at least another generation, and they get a hero's funeral.

Their position on masks has been sickening, no pun intended, since March 2020.

Show threadNate Bowling (نيت بولينج)Mar 5, 2023
@luckytran back on the Bird, we used to call something like this #pairedtexts
Show threadDemocracy Dies in DumbassMar 5, 2023

@luckytran There is a zero chance I go into a business without a mask..still.

The more localities fight this fight, the more I order online.

Local businesses will suffer.

Show thread@BegoniaArizonaMar 5, 2023
@luckytran Cops are more likely to kill you than to save your life. One way or another.
Show threadBruceMar 5, 2023

@luckytran

MAGA!

Show threadMary Alicia ZiffMar 5, 2023
@luckytran which speaks to who the police union really represents. Hint: not police officers
Show threadApril SparklesMar 5, 2023
@luckytran Huh?!? How dare we stay healthy and ensure future generations are able to strive. Apparently, the powers that be at @NYPD all have long Covid…I wonder if they’re able to smell what stinks?
Show thread🇺🇦 Richard Gunther 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸Mar 5, 2023
@luckytran I'm all about masking in public, so I read the same articles. I'm unclear how you interpreted "urging business owners to make shoppers remove their face masks and flash their features before being let in" as "criminalize."
Show threadsistermagpieMar 5, 2023
@richardgunther @luckytran It says "wants to," which isn't too crazy an assumption when you're starting with police telling shop owners to tell customers to do something.
Show threaddawnfryMar 5, 2023

@luckytran

“Working on the front lines made some face-to-face contact unavoidable…” No, police in my state absolutely refused to wear masks. They got in people’s faces and yelled at them in the middle of a pandemic. They didn’t GAF how many deaths they caused by forcing people into close contact with their uncovered faces. They fought against letting people out of jails that were death traps. Their deaths are the consequences of their own actions. There will be no justice for the people and families devastated by their refusal to protect people by using a simple precautions.

Anything blocking mask use is shortsighted AF. Covid-19 is still here killing, injuring, and mutating.

#ACAB
#Copaganda
#StillMasking

Show threadHeroOfDermwoodMar 5, 2023
@luckytran And the cops will charge you with assault if you cough on them.
Show threadSteven BarnhartMar 5, 2023
@luckytran spreading hyperbole doesn’t help our cause either. It shows we have a lack of literacy. They desire they had was to take it off momentarily when entering or whatever. Not “banning” them. 🙄
Show threadConnecticutting Mar 6, 2023
@luckytran property and commerce over life, all day every day
Show threadJason Petersen (he)Mar 6, 2023
@luckytran as long as they keep dying faster than they’re replenished I don’t care what they do
Show threadCJ the Awkward LeftyMar 6, 2023
@luckytran as someone who wears an N95 in all public sources, this is a threat to my bodily autonomy and privacy. I hope I still have those rights for now.
Show threadspheruliticMar 6, 2023
@luckytran the police reject candidates who have too much education
Show threadJen McCulley Mar 6, 2023
@luckytran so, the criminals want to criminalize people for trying to be safe. Sounds on-brand. 🤦‍♀️
Show thread(((JaneinNJ)))Mar 9, 2023
@luckytran Another thing to love about Eric Adams.