Violet Affleck Reveals She Contracted A Post-Viral Condition: Here's What That Is

• Violet Affleck shared she contracted a "post-viral condition" in 2019.

• She spoke up against mask bans in Los Angeles during a Board of Supervisors meeting.

• The daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner is frequently seen wearing a mask.

Violet Affleck is opening up about her experience with a post-viral condition.

On July 9, the 18-year-old daughter of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck attended a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting to speak up against face mask bans in Los Angeles. The city is specifically considering banning the use of face masks at protests, but there are some concerns that forbidding masks in this situation will lead to more bans.

During Violet's remarks, she shared that she "contracted a post-viral condition in 2019." Post-viral syndrome "refers to a sense of tiredness and weakness that lingers after a person has recovered from a viral infection, such as the flu," according to Medical News Today.

"I’m OK now, but I saw firsthand that medicine does not always have answers to the consequences of even minor viruses," she said in a speech shared on X (formerly Twitter). "The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown that into sharper relief."

Violet also spoke about long COVID, which is a chronic condition that develops after a person has COVID-19 and lasts for more than three months, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Violet called long COVID "a devastating neurological [and] cardiovascular illness that can take away people’s ability to work, move, see, and even think." She added that it "stands to exacerbate our homelessness crisis, as well as the suffering of many people in our city."

The future Yale student asked the board to “demand mask availability, air filtration, and far-UVC light in government facilities, including jails and detention centers, and mask mandates in county medical facilities” to help community members lower the risk of developing long COVID.

“You must expand the availability of high-quality free tests and treatment and, most importantly, the county must oppose mask bans for any reason,” she said. “They do not keep us safer, they make vulnerable members of our community less safe and make everyone less able to participate in Los Angeles together.”

Violet didn’t disclose more details of her condition, but she’s frequently seen in public wearing a face mask. Even when she’s not wearing one, she often carries a mask with her.

Violet just graduated from high school, as her mom shared in a tearful Instagram post in May, and is already speaking in front of legislatures. Go, Violet, go!

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