Inconvenient Truth: Ending Mask Mandates Protects the Environment

A federal judge has ruled on Monday masks are no longer required on airplanes and other public transit. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle called the U.S. Centers for Disease Control mandate “unlawful,” thereby striking down the Biden administration’s controversial mask mandate. One would think Democrats from New York to Los Angeles would be rejoicing at finally being able to breathe easier, speak freely and see others’ smiling faces after a grueling multiyear pandemic.
But no, many liberals are upset over the ruling because A) the judge was appointed by former President Donald Trump; and B) they can no longer continue the pretense they’re morally superior to “dumb” conservatives, many of whom doubted the efficacy of most face masks from the get-go.
Here’s an inconvenient fact mask proponents don’t want to recognize: Masks and other personal protective equipment are wreaking havoc on the environment. Billions of masks made of microplastics have made their way to the world’s oceans, and soon, experts warn we’ll have more masks in the sea than jellyfish. This unfathomable reality is something British Environmental Minister Zac Goldsmith sounded the alarm about last month.