Mask burnings in Idaho are latest protest against COVID-19 restrictions
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
By Richard Read, Los Angeles Times
Parents encouraging kids to burn masks on Idaho Capitol steps pic.twitter.com/VOYfOYqwwt Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) March 6, 2021
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho More than a year into a pandemic that has claimed 523,000 lives in the United States, right-wing protesters in Idaho, including a handful of elected officials, set protective masks aflame, claiming face coverings stifle their personal liberties.
Although local, state and federal health officials are clear that masks are crucial in the fight against COVID-19, helping to prevent the disease from spreading, 70 adults and children none wearing face coverings stepped forward on a downtown street corner in Coeur d’Alene and dropped masks into a symbolic burn pot containing dry ice. “U.S.A, U.S.A,” they chanted.
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