http://bostonreview.net/politics/politics-of-the-mask-ak-thompson-clare-oconnor?fbclid=IwAR0v8cv2f6f9BlOqqEokTA_vw4D3-tFl3EmLViMRi3qSf2t_tjbNdOFe3Xk

“Today, we find ourselves in a paradoxical situation in which states are simultaneously criminalizing face covering while at the same time legally demanding it. Whether justified through purported commitments to secularism (as in France), or the need to monitor protestors for prosecutorial ends, states have passed laws against mask wearing and religious head covering that follow logically from a conception of citizenship founded on the recognition of subjects. At the same time, the state’s demand that people wear masks to minimize the pandemic’s reach suspends this reasoning in the interest of maintaining the body politic.”