Yesterday, a group of about two dozen people met out front of the legislature building in Winnipeg to protest mandatory mask-wearing.
In addition to anti-mask messages on signs, the protesters carried signs with anti-government and anti-media messages.
The March to Unmask rally was organized on a Facebook group that advocates for freedom of speech and freedom of choice.
The organizer of the rally believes those that are healthy shouldn’t have to wear masks, partially because it’s harder to talk.
While Public Health Officials haven’t made masks mandatory at this point, they aren’t ruling it out.
Dr Brent Roussin says it could be difficult to tell the difference between COVID and influenza symptoms, come flu season.
Roussin says that could cause masks to become more prominent going forward.
“We all have our part and I think mask-wearing, certainly in Manitoba is going to become a bigger part of our response going forward.”
Even though protesters have claimed masks aren’t effective in reducing the spread of COVID-19, a study conducted by the World Health Organization confirms masks are effective.
