‘Mask exemption cards’ are the craziest thing I’ve seen during the coronavirus pandemic

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  • People have been exhibiting all sorts of dramatic reactions -- some of which has ended up going viral -- in response to coronavirus face mask regulations, but a special mention has to be given to new so-called "mask exemption cards."
  • These have been proliferating online as well as offline, and they purport to exempt the bearer from local coronavirus-related face mask mandates.
  • Needless to say, these aren't a real thing, and federal officials have gone to the trouble in recent days of stressing that.

I thought this insane viral video of a bunch of anti-maskers in Florida ranting at local government officials over face mask mandates tied to the coronavirus pandemic was pretty dramatic and didn't expect to see anything top it anytime soon. But then a shopper over the weekend at a Trader Joe's in Los Angeles' North Hollywood neighborhood was caught on camera screaming at store employees, who she thundered were "Democratic pigs," after having been told that she needed a face mask to shop in the store. Eventually, she threw her basket on the ground and stormed off.

But this next bit of coronavirus-related face mask news, I would argue, takes things to an even new low of insanity. So-called "mask exemption cards" have started showing up, both online and IRL, that, ordinarily, we might not even bother pointing out -- except for the fact that somebody took the time to make these look really official (they're not, of course), and federal officials have also felt compelled to weigh in and say that these cards are not, you know, a real thing.

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