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Topic: mask

Son Heung-min of Korea Republic adjusts his protective face mask during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Round of 16 match between Brazil and South Korea at Stadium 974 on December 5, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

Why are soccer players wearing masks?

Joy Saha
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia (Getty Images)

MTG's paycheck decimated by mask fines

Brett Bachman
Anti-vaccine mandate protesters gather during a Portland Public Schools board meeting to discuss a proposed vaccine mandate for students on October 26, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. The board moved the meeting to discuss a proposed vaccine mandate for students 12-years-old and up online after a group of anti-mandate protesters gathered before the meeting. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Far-right descends on Portland schools

Jon Skolnik
Newly appointed state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks during a press conference at Neo City Academy in Kissimmee, Florida. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

FL surgeon general refuses to wear mask

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
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Candace Owens (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Candace Owens mocked for COVID denial

Jon Skolnik
Protesters rally against a mask mandate, many showing support for US President Donald Trump, in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 22, 2020. (BRIDGET BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images)

Mandate protests: A menace to society?

Jon Skolnik
U.S. President Donald Trump removes his mask upon return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 05, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spent three days hospitalized for coronavirus. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump was "doing his best Mussolini"

Jon Skolnik
Second-grade pupils wear face masks as they attend school lessons (INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

Headwinds hit GOP governors' mask bans

Jon Skolnik
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Anti-mask protesters holding placards during a demonstration. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Doctor attacked by anti-mask mob

Jon Skolnik
Eric Swalwell and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Taylor Greene involved in another attack

Jon Skolnik
Tucker Carlson equates having children wear face masks to child abuse (FOX News)

Carlson tells his audience to attack

Zachary Petrizzo
Pete Buttigieg, U.S. secretary of transportation nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, puts on a protective mask during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on January 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Buttigieg, is pledging to carry out the administration’s ambitious agenda to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, calling it a “generational opportunity” to create new jobs, fight economic inequality and stem climate change. (Stefani Reynolds - Pool/Getty Images)

The case for wearing two masks

Nicole Karlis
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US President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Presidents against medicine: A history

Matthew Rozsa
Masked George Washington Crossing the Delaware (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Would Washington have worn a mask?

Kristin E. Tremper
(Kyria Abrahams/Narratively)

terrifying trump masks

Michael Stahl
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