Some refused to believe they protected against COVID-19, others protested in violent anti-mask demonstrations. Why have face masks caused such extreme reactions?
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into anothe summer, two recent polls show that Black and Latino people are much more likely to continue wearing masks in public, or show support for wearing masks, than white, non-Hispanic people.
Public pressure on the new health commissioner to reverse a reinstatement of the Philly mask mandate ignored vaccination rates in minority communities.