First documented in January 2021 on Twitter. Usage has been historically contested, with competing communities adopting the tag for different ends.
The ongoing 2021 battle over face covering requirements.
Mask mandates continued to divide Americans throughout 2021. The CDC’s May 2021 guidance that vaccinated people could unmask indoors briefly suggested the pandemic’s end, but Delta variant surges brought masks back.
School mask mandates became particularly contentious, with viral school board confrontations dominating social media.
#UnmaskOurKids #MasksWork #COVID19 #DeltaVariant
Coronavirus pandemic
#DeltaVariant became the dominant COVID-19 hashtag of mid-2021 as the B.1.617.2 variant, first identified in India, spread rapidly worldwide and dashed hopes...
> Opposition to school mask mandates for children
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> Second Amendment rights hashtag defending gun ownership as constitutional right, opposing gun control measures
> General abortion debate hashtag covering rights, restrictions, Roe v Wade, and ongoing access battles