In a lengthy Instagram post Sunday night, three-time Olympic gold medalist volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings laid out her opposition to wearing face masks as it takes away individual rights and discussed her “little exercise in being brave” of going shopping without wearing one.
Walsh Jennings, who is hoping to represent the U.S. again at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, said in her post — accompanying an image of a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote — that a quote “This has not been enforced, it’s been consented to,” prompted her to share her feelings about wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.