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by Geee 947 days ago
It should also be inevitable that people develop tech for defending themselves as a response. Face masks / face paints might become more popular.
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The laws on that have been in place for 20 years: https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice_information/exp...
Many (most?) places in the US have outright bans on wearing masks in city/county ordinances, sometimes with exceptions for children or Halloween, sometimes not. Those laws were basically ignored for covid though and I know several people who found masking extremely beneficial for cold weather or allergies and they'll keep masks on hand for those circumstances.

No matter how popular that becomes I suspect it'll turn into something that police will enforce selectively whenever it suits them rather than those laws going away.

During Covid in many locations in France, it was both illegal and mandatory to wear a face-covering.