With governments starting to mandating mask use, many people are concerned about the potential for a government to overstep its bounds.  Are mask mandates a way for a government to control its people?  Are masks even helpful in this pandemic?  What even IS COVID-19?  How did we get to a point where masks can be seen as something to take a political stance on?

More than that: can we avoid the potential for government oversight while trying to stop the spread of this novel coronavirus?

It's an episode that's jam-packed with information and insight into the world in the time of COVID.

Sources:

Due to a surplus of sources, Anchor will not allow all of them to be linked.  For this episode, we are releasing Aislinn's notes on the subject, which can be found with sources in this Googledoc

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