Beard Liberation Front
Media Release 23rd December
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
Beard Liberation Front sends Xmas message to the hirsute: get vaccinated & wear a mask
The Beard Liberation Front has sent a Christmas message to the hirsute. It has underlined earlier calls for people to get vaccinated and to wear a mask. Unless in a medical setting there is no need to trim or shave the beard.
Pre-Christmas calls, at the moment in America, have once again been made by pogonophobes demanding that beard wearers must shave to wear a mask. This is simply prejudice and can be safely ignored
At the start of the first UK lockdown in March 2020 the Beard Liberation Front made it clear that if medical quality masks needed to be worn in a medical setting and the beard was getting in the way, then the beard ,temporarily, needed to go.
There are clear exceptions for those who wear a beard for religious and health reasons where compromises may well be possible.
In general however the requirement is to wear a mask over the beard in enclosed spaces such as shops and transport.
The key points are firstly that the mask is worn (unless there is an exception as noted above)and that this covers both the mouth and the nose.
Various theorists have suggested that medical masks should be worn by all or that people should wear more than one mask. The BLF focus has remained on encouraging the hirsute to wear a mask and to do so properly.
How much this reduces the possibility of infection is debated but there are a few who doubt that it does.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we hope all beard wearers will have a happy festive season. We continue to underline the importance of getting vaccinated and wearing a mask while also combatting regular waves of anti-beard prejudice.
Some myths debunked
1] Beards do not harbour bacteria or disease, any more than any other part of the body
2) Beards do not protect against COVID-19. Wear a mask (and get vaccinated when it’s your turn)
3] The US CDC chart circulated in March 2020 does not relate to COVID-19.
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