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[CBC News] She says her boss told her she can’t wear a mask, so she quit (www.youtube.com)
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Sorry if the video is sensational. I wanted to talk about something this brought to mind.

Everyone in the video talks about wearing masks as a form of self-protection, and whether we should have a right to do that or whether our employers should be able to tell us not to do that. But I don't wear a mask to protect myself. I wear a mask against the much larger effects it prevents in others. If it was just about me I'd probably never wear a mask unless somebody made me, and I'd resent the hell out of it. Do we have a right to protect others?

This is Quebec. In Quebec, it is illegal to fail to render aid to someone whose life requires it. Doesn't that give people an obligation to wear a mask?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

That's a very good point with the last question there, especially if you're ill.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is Quebec. In Quebec, it is illegal to fail to render aid to someone whose life requires it. Doesn’t that give people an obligation to wear a mask?

Quebec is bipolar with their laws. They have animal protection laws that consider some animals sentient (and not personal property. i.e. "pets") but excludes other sentient animals from the same law (i.e. farmed animals, which are often the most abused)...

I think the human rights person in the video is right that wearing a mask should be protected under human right laws.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware of special rights for pets in Quebec. I'll look into that, it's interesting to me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Happened a while ago.

"...requires that pets receive care consistent with their biological needs. Farm animals don’t get same protection as pets." 🙄

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In Quebec, it is illegal to fail to render aid to someone whose life requires it. Doesn't that give people an obligation to wear a mask?

Ignoring everything else, this is an interesting moral dilemma.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Huh, TIL... I knew you couldn't be blamed for injuring someone while trying to help (for example, crack a rib while attempting CPR), but I did not know you absolutely had to help. I also learned that if you get injured helping someone, you can take that person to court for compensation.