Beard Liberation Front
8th September
Campaigners say beard & mask etiquette is a key autumn issue
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that as autumn draws on and beard wearers often let their beards develop organically, the question of beard and mask etiquette has been brought into focus.
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has posted a picture of a new mask on social media which effectively covers 95% of his award winning beard.
The Beard Liberation Front has previously had an informal view that some of the beard should be left in view beyond the mask.
Clarification has been issued about whether any part of the beard to be seen outside of a mask might be confused with clothing or chest follicles. The ruling is that any beard hair beyond the mask is valid, the length of it is not relevant.
The campaigners say that these questions are ones that much exercise pogonophobes- beard haters. Some claim that the mask cannot be worn effectively unless the beard is shaved off. This is only true for medical masks not those in general day to day use.
Others claim that the mask must cover the entire beard. Again this is not true. The purpose of the mask is to cover the nose and mouth. Beards cannot pass on COVID-19.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we do think the mask, while covering the nose and mouth, might reasonably allow some of the beard to show. How much is shown is entirely up to the wearer.
However Jeremy Corbyn is clearly taking a different approach and his opinion counts amongst beard wearers.
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