Controversy has escalated over a man not wearing a face mask on a ski lift at a ski resort in Canada. The video of the incident caused a stir online.
A video is currently circulating online. The recording comes from Canada and shows a snowboarder who wants to ride a chairlift. Problem: He refuses to wear a mask.
Another man then asks the snowboarder why he is not wearing a mask. He replies that he doesn’t have to wear one and can be sued. After this the security personnel refused to let the person go, after which an altercation started. The Mask Refuser vigorously defends himself, a fight results.
At first you only hear screams in the background, no one interferes. Only when other skiers get impatient and rush to help can a snowboarder fall. Then the police takes him away. a tweet of news tonight Video shows.
A snowboarder is physically detained by security for not wearing a mask at the Blue Mountains Resort in Canada.
The man says he has been ‘medically released’ before being ‘arrested’ by security guards.
The crowd can later be heard cheering as he has been detained by the police. pic.twitter.com/aiG2pAY94W
— talkradio (@talkRADIO) February 19, 2022
Since then, there has been debate on social media as to whether this increase was exaggerated. One user tweeted: “He’s on a sloping mountain – you don’t catch a virus in that environment.”
He’s on a fucking mountain outside – you’re not catching a virus in that environment. the world has gone to waste
— Stephen Townley (@townley_stephen) February 19, 2022