If Only Covid-19 Caused Permanent, Full-Body Hair Loss

Would the face mask debate be over?

Karen Lappa Haas
4 min readDec 14, 2020

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Photo by Markus Spiske on Pixabay

Would America’s most senseless debate — to wear a face mask or to not wear a face mask — still be raging if Covid-19 caused its victims, every victim, to suffer permanent, full-body hair loss?

The answer to that question is: “No.” No. The debate would be over.

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Karen Lappa Haas

Always: an Illini grad and mother of three. Formerly: a paralegal and an award-winning journalist and publicist. Currently: a reinvigorated freelance writer.