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Violet Affleck delivered a speech at the U.N. on Tuesday, Sept. 23 regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on children

She said that "filtered air" should be regarded as a human right

The Yale University freshman has long been an outspoken public health advocate

Violet Affleck, the daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner , delivered an impassioned speech in favor of clean air and masking to prevent the transmission of long COVID-19 in an address at the United Nations on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

"We are told by leaders across the board that we are the future, Violet, 19, began. "But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes." She delivered the address while wearing a K95 mask.

Violet then criticized adults for "the relentles

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