While most people have thrown away their masks as studies show that wearing them has done little at stopping the coronavirus from spreading, a Canadian professor was astonished when he boarded a flight from Canada to Chicago and noticed a flight attendant not following the mask mandate. Upset by the flight attendant, the professor of law and epidemiology at the University of Ottawa, Amir Attaran, decided to jump on Twitter and bash both the attendant and United Airlines. 

Sharing his thoughts on Twitter, Attaran wrote, “Hey United, why are you breaking the law? Masks are required on all flights out of Canada. Your flight attendant isn’t wearing one! This is UA3737 in Ottawa right now.” After sharing the maskless moment online, apparently, the professor decided to confront the flight attendant, who informed him that they had been given misinformation about the current guidelines. Even United Airlines reached out to Attaran, stating that they had received his message and were passing it along to the proper teams. 

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Although Attaran might have gotten a basic response from the airline, users online had an entirely different take on the situation as can be seen in the video above. One person wrote, “Please do not use your social media platform to shame service workers who have worn a mask 8+ hrs a day for 5+ days a week for the past two years.”

Governor Ron DeSantis’ press secretary Christina Pushaw added, “He wears this on a plane but he doesn’t think it protects him? So everyone else has to play along with his delusions.” Her comments followed a picture of Attaran wearing a P100 mask. She continued, “Leave her alone. This is beyond creepy. A professor taking photos of a young worker to shame her. Maybe don’t fly if you can’t handle seeing someone’s face.”

As for United, Pushaw pointed them out as well. “Seriously, United? You throw your employees under the bus like this in public and then wonder why you have to cancel so many flights due to staffing shortages??? She didn’t do anything wrong. This guy is a creep to post this.”

Entertainment reporter Yashar Ali gave her opinion, noting, ‘Do you know what kind of hell flight attendants have been through during this pandemic? Dealing with harassment and bullying nonstop? And you post this poor woman’s photo and target her? And then admit later she didn’t even know?” 

Receiving a massive amount of backlash didn’t seem to deter the professor as he tweeted later, “Lots of mad Republican #MAGA Yankees want to “ratio” me for advocating Canada’s COVID laws. Okay, let’s do it! The COVID death rate stands at: Canada – 1,097 per million; USA – 3,044 per million. THERE’S YOUR RATIO YANKS!” 

This piece was written by Zach Heilman on June 21, 2022. It originally appeared in RedVoiceMedia.com and is used by permission.

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