Dr. Lucky Tran 
When leaders talk about banning masks for safety, they ignore the safety of many diverse communities. People who are higher risk, and Asian people have been attacked for wearing masks. Black and Brown communities are disproportionately targeted by police. Safety means EVERYONE.
There is zero evidence mask bans are effective against crime or hate. But there's a lot of evidence that shows banning masks will put everyone's health at risk, and increases harassment and targeting of higher risk people and communities of color. Mask bans make cities LESS safe.
Tomm@luckytran This seems like a reflexive "do something now!" political response to the most recent protests, precisely targeting those that, for privacy reasons, are unlikely to push back publicly.
Jen, MPH has moved see bio@tomm @luckytran the ramifications of knee jerk policies always come back to bite us. Good policies are first examined and edited in order to alleviate unintended consequences, but there still can be some unforeseen issues.