Violet Affleck wears a mask primarily due to her personal experience with a post-viral condition she developed in 2019, likely related to long COVID. She wears high-quality masks such as N95 or KN95 as a protective measure to reduce the risk of respiratory virus transmission and to safeguard her health. Beyond personal protection, she advocates publicly for mask mandates and clean indoor air infrastructure as essential ways to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the long-term effects of the virus on individuals, especially children. Her mask-wearing is tied to her health concerns, privacy, and her activism promoting mask use and respiratory safety in public spaces and medical facilities.
She has spoken at the United Nations and other forums emphasizing the dangers of ignoring airborne COVID transmission and the reality of long COVID, urging continued mask availability and mandates to protect vulnerable populations.
