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Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Celebrities Team Up To Tell You To Wear A Mask

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Lauryn Overhultz Columnist
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Actresses Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and other celebrities have taken to social media to encourage everyone to wear a face mask.

The move comes after several states in the U.S. saw a spike in positive COVID-19 cases, according to the Washington Post.

The trend began after fashion designer Tory Burch shared a selfie wearing a mask and challenged other celebrities to do the same.

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I am sure you all are seeing what I am seeing, COVID 19 rates in the USA are rising at a truly scary rate. One thing I know for sure is that there's a very easy way each of us can help, and that's to #WearaDamnMask whenever we are in public. #WearaDamnMask because we want to protect ourselves and, even more importantly, we want to protect others #WearaDamnMask because clearly, the doctors and data say we are not going to beat this pandemic unless we each do our part to get rid of it #WearaDamnMask because is it not a political issue, it is an issue of saving lives #WearaDamnMask because it is the only way to keep our most vulnerable safe and the only way to get our economy back on track I challenge @loganlaurice @mindykaling @kerrywashington @bradgoreski @ariannahuff @bagsnob @samiranasr @jasonbolden @gayleking @amygriffin @keeganmichaelkey @drsanjaygupta @perrip08 @jamietisch @marjoriegubelmann @jaredcohen81 to join me in getting this message out by posting a masked selfie and tagging others to do the same. And I invite every single one of you to help spread the word. Will you also post a masked selfie with #WearADamnMask and then tag as many people as you can? (Trust me, it takes a lot for me to post a selfie, this is urgent!) We are all in this together ???? Tory xx

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“I am sure you all are seeing what I am seeing, COVID 19 rates in the USA are rising at a truly scary rate,” Burch captioned her photo. “One thing I know for sure is that there’s a very easy way each of us can help, and that’s to #WearaDamnMask whenever we are in public.”

Aniston shared her selfie and claimed people are “refusing to take the necessary steps to flatten the curve.”

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I understand masks are inconvenient and uncomfortable. But don’t you feel that it’s worse that businesses are shutting down… jobs are being lost… health care workers are hitting absolute exhaustion. And so many lives have been taken by this virus because we aren’t doing enough. ⠀ ⠀ I really do believe in the basic goodness of people so I know we can all do this ???? BUT still, there are many people in our country refusing to take the necessary steps to flatten the curve, and keep each other safe. People seem worried about their “rights being taken away” by being asked to wear a mask. This simple and effective recommendation is being politicized at the expense of peoples’ lives. And it really shouldn’t be a debate ???????? ⠀ ⠀ If you care about human life, please… just #wearadamnmask ???? and encourage those around you to do the same ❤️

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“If you care about human life, please… just #wearadamnmask and encourage those around you to do the same,” Aniston added. (RELATED: Patrick Dempsey Encourages Others To Wear Face Masks With Amazing ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Quote)

Witherspoon noted that wearing a mask is not making a political statement in her post.

“It means you care about people’s health and safety,” Witherspoon wrote in her post. “Be KIND, wear a mask! #wearadamnmask.”

This is how celebrities can contribute during coronavirus. I actually don’t mind the selfies of them wearing masks. At least we know that they are actually paying attention to what is going on right now.

This kind of activism totally beats the weird and super cringe video of them all singing “Imagine” that was posted by Gal Gadot.