Overview

• Affleck spoke on Sept. 23 at the United Nations event Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action in New York.
• She urged renewed mask use, including mandates in high‑risk settings such as health care, and broad access to high‑quality masks.
• She called for filtered air to be recognized as a human right and for investment in ventilation and filtration to create clean‑air infrastructure.
• Wearing a KN95, she cited Yale professor Akiko Iwasaki in warning that long COVID has become a major pediatric burden and labeled inaction toward children as neglect.
• Reports noted her 2019 post‑viral illness and prior LA County testimony on masks and clean air, as coverage of the UN speech drew wide online attention without immediate policy changes.