Juno News - Here's what to do if someone refuses to wear a mask

A paralympian was kicked out of a competition for not wearing a mask. A grocery store employee called the cops on a man who didn't want to wear a mask, and the cops said, "Too bad, you're not allowed to wear the mask while you're out." What on earth is going on here folks?

00:00:00.000 all right canada we got to have a conversation about public attitude towards masks mask rules

00:00:10.520 and enforcement of them because i think things are getting all out of whack right now all out

00:00:15.700 of proportion and there's some troubling stories that are appearing like that of a canadian

00:00:20.000 paralympian who was booted out of a chapter's indigo location for not wearing a mask well why

00:00:25.660 was she opposed to it no she's not anti-mask she explains in fact when she's out with family

00:00:29.980 members they put the mask on her but here's the thing she doesn't have hands so on the rare occasion 1.00

00:00:36.320 when she goes out by herself she just can't put it on though she explained this to the people in the

00:00:40.840 store and they said too bad no exemptions you're out what on earth is going on here folks remember

00:00:47.220 what things were like back in the first wave march april may june up until july at least where i am

00:00:53.540 in toronto that was when the indoor mask mandates were brought in and officials described masks as

00:00:59.000 an added barrier of protection an added layer of protection they didn't describe it as some sort of

00:01:04.360 perfect magic bullet solution and yet here we are you go into a store and there's one person

00:01:09.920 who's not wearing a mask i don't know why maybe they say they have a medical exemption and maybe

00:01:14.780 they authentically do maybe they're actually stretching the truth and they don't really have

00:01:18.300 a medical exemption maybe i don't know they just don't like the masks they consider themselves a

00:01:23.060 conscientious objector i don't know one guy in the grocery store not wearing the mask well what are

00:01:28.000 we supposed to do well based on a lot of the public discussion i'm seeing out there what we're

00:01:32.500 supposed to do is i don't know film the guy and mock them and get into a fight with them and then

00:01:36.920 call the cops and if the cops drag them away i mean you've seen videos like that don't do that

00:01:41.880 here's what you do you're in the grocery store you're buying your milk or whatever there's one person

00:01:46.640 without a mask what's it to you who cares it's not that big of a deal i'm fine with wearing the mask

00:01:53.180 i wear the mask one guy doesn't want to wear the mask in the costco in the loblaws i'm not calling

00:01:58.500 the cops there are real crimes going on to deal with right now i don't need police resources being

00:02:03.840 spent on a guy not wearing a mask and here's the thing ask public health officials ask public health

00:02:11.080 officials is there spread of the virus two people passing by in an aisle in a store for five seconds

00:02:17.600 eight seconds they're going to say no why because the tracking apps that we have the federal government

00:02:22.000 tracing app the other apps they're being used right now they only kick in if you're within six feet of

00:02:27.160 someone for 15 minutes or more a lot of people don't know that rather interesting detail so look

00:02:32.980 by all means i'm happy to follow the various different protocols that are in place right now mask

00:02:38.660 added barrier of protection physical distancing all that kind of stuff at the same time do we need to

00:02:45.960 be so heavy-handed so over the top that we have to have the cops drag away that one guy who doesn't

00:02:53.480 want to wear the mask come on guys let's be reasonable

Juno News - December 20, 2020

Here's what to do if someone refuses to wear a mask

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