Ben Affleck and Jennifer's Garner's daughter Violet, 18, demands 'mask mandates' in passionate speech detailing how she contracted a 'post-viral condition'

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's girl Violet attended the LA County Board of Supervisors gathering wherever she advocated for 'mask mandates' successful hospitals. 

The 18-year-old — who's often seen wearing a look mask — shared her acquisition of contracting 'a post-viral condition' successful 2019, and said she 'saw first-hand' that medicine doesn't ever person answers to nan 'consequences of moreover insignificant viruses.' 

'To face nan agelong COVID crisis, I request disguise availability, aerial filtration and Far-UVC ray successful authorities facilitates, including jails and detention centers, and disguise mandates successful region aesculapian faculties,' she stated successful her passionate speech.

The eldest girl of nan Argo director, 51, and the 13 Going connected 30 star, 52 — who divided successful 2018 — besides powerfully opposed 'mask bans.'

'You must grow nan readiness of high-quality free tests and treatment, and astir importantly nan region must reason disguise bans for immoderate reason. They do not support america safer,' she said.

'They make susceptible members of our organization little safe, and make everyone little capable to participate successful Los Angeles together.'

Violet first began by introducing herself, arsenic she told nan board: 'Hi, Violet Affleck, Los Angeles resident, first clip voter, I'm 18.' 

She past shared: 'I contracted a post-viral information successful 2019. I'm okay now, but I saw first-hand that medicine does not ever person answers to nan consequences of moreover insignificant viruses.'

Violet past said astir nan COVID-19 pandemic and really 'one successful 10 infections leads to agelong COVID, which is simply a devastating neurological, cardiovascular unwellness that tin return distant people's expertise to work, move, spot and moreover think.'

'It stands to exacerbate our homelessness crisis, arsenic good arsenic nan suffering of galore group successful our city. It hits communities of color, abnormal people, aged people, trans people, women and anyone successful a nationalist facing basal occupation nan hardest.'

The teen past went connected to advocator for infirmary 'mask mandates' and 'mask availability.' 

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is nan governing assemblage for Los Angeles County, wherever Violet resides. The Board holds regular meetings wherever nan nationalist tin registry to speak connected circumstantial issues.

Violet received plentifulness of praise online for her disguise stance.

'At 18 she has much courageousness than immoderate group will ever person successful their full lifetimes,' 1 personification wrote.

'Amazing testimony! Violet is 100% connected COVID Twitter. Thank you!' different added.

'I wish much celebrities had nan courageousness of Violet Affleck. She’s only 18 years aged and is doing much than immoderate politician.' 

'Extremely awesome really overmuch she fresh into that 1 minute,' personification other chimed in.

'Violet Affleck is Ben Affleck’s daughter. She continues to beryllium moreover much awesome arsenic a teenager. I can’t hold to spot what she does arsenic an adult.' 

Violet has consistently been seen wearing a disguise successful nan past years, though her parents ne'er publically explained why.

She was seen wearing 1 astatine Michael Rubin's White Party in 2023, precocious successful May 2024 while spending clip pinch her mom, and while attending a Broadway show pinch Ben and her stepmom Jennifer Lopez.

Garner and Affleck besides stock Fin (formerly Seraphina), 15, and boy Samuel, 12.

The erstwhile brace met connected nan group of nan movie Pearl Harbor successful nan early 2000s, but didn't commencement making love until later.

In 2004, soon aft his first surgery engagement to Lopez, nan 2 sparked up a romance, earlier getting joined successful 2005.

Violet was calved that aforesaid twelvemonth successful December. Fin followed successful 2009 and Samuel successful 2012.

The duo announced their separation successful 2015 aft astir 10 years of marriage, and officially revenge for divorcement successful 2017.

Garner has since moved connected pinch businessman John Miller.

Meanwhile Affleck rekindled his romance pinch Lopez successful April 2021. The 2 wed successful Vegas successful July 2022, followed by a lavish ceremonial successful Georgia successful August. However, nan pair's matrimony has been deed by divided claims for nan past 2 months.