Beard Liberation Front
21st October
Media Release
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Beard wearers should wear masks as social solidarity & ignore clean-shaven fools like Boris
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has renewed a call that it first made on 23rd July 2020 for the hirsute to wear masks as a matter of social solidarity.
The campaigners say that as mostly clean shaven Tory MPs appear determined to remain unmasked in the House of Commons- as Rishi Sunak made clear to Andrew Marr on Sunday 24th October, the need to promote mask wearing has gained importance.
A specially commissioned poll found that 91% of respondents backed its guidance to the hirsute to continue wearing masks in appropriate contexts and settings.
The campaigners say that mask wearing has seen a rise in follicle health over the past year, as beards have been protected from the elements and accidental exposure to noxious substances.
They also say that mask wearing protects others, hirsute and clean shaven, from anything that the beard wearer themselves may transmit, via the occasional splutter, groan or cheer.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, it’s clear that beard wearers put the duty to protect themselves and others against clean-shaven fools like Boris Johnson first and will continue mask wearing where appropriate
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