Coworker: What's with the mask?
Me: Wastewater metrics.
C: Huh? Wastewater?
M: At this point, it's the best metric for data-driven decision-making. Virus counts in the wastewater aren't confounded by test participation rates.
C: Oh.
M: We're currently at levels like the first few peaks in 2020 and 2021.
C: Are you kidding me? I better get one of those.
#37c3 is over and now it is probably the right moment to ask how you #health status changed because of travelling to/from the event and/or joining the congress in person. #mask#ffp2#ffp3
Please note, it's not about #COVID only. At my last Congress, I missed 1½ days because of #Congressseuche and this was long before COVID.
Why can you still smell things wearing an effective #mask?
You can #smell some nasty things like #smoke and rotten eggs even with fit tested #N95#respirators which block tiny viruses/bacteria because the smell molecules have atomic masses that are 17 million times less than a #virus . 🧵 1/
And many someones in overlapping layers of responsibility ENABLED this infection.
This linguistic shift from the passive to active voice might seem irrelevant but, instead of just echoing the framing we see in the headlines — that Neil Gaiman got COVID-19— it’s time to own that somebody has infected Neil.
The passive voice has served a macabre purpose in this pandemic. The passive voice, by erasing the subject of the sentence, neatly obscures accountability, and with it our own role in unmitigated infections. Moreover, it has prevented us from identifying the layers of responsibility in enabling infections on a mass scale. This mental block is the first obstacle to advocating for effective mitigations and constructive solutions. It stops us from preventing infections. But that is changing now.
It is time to own the damage that we are causing by infecting others with COVID-19. I believe that we all know, deep inside, that we are causing harm. And many of us are suffering from the cognitive dissonance of pretending that we aren’t. Because, in a pandemic, this is serious and large-scale harm.
This harm that, according to estimates, has killed over 25 million people and disabled at least 65 million and counting. The sooner we face the harm we are causing by infecting other people, the less damage we will cause to ourselves, to our loved ones, to our community, to strangers on the other side of the world. And to people who entertain and inspire us, like speculative fiction author and TV creator Neil Gaiman. And inspiration is necessary when we are facing so many challenges. It’s that simple.
Last week I asked about #masking policies at #synagogues for the upcoming high holidays.
Yesterday I found out that one my own rabbis won’t be leading #RoshHashanah services because she has COVID. She’s already dealing with long COVID, as well.
If you’re attending services this weekend, regardless of policy, wear a #mask. We’re in a surge, and we cannot allow these most holy days to super spreader events.
Magnetic #nerdy#mask charms!!! I designed a few of these (hex, Phillips, flathead) for upcoming #hardware events. They use a 6mm Neodymium magnet on the charm and a bigger one on the inside - all carefully oriented the same way. I'd like to send some of these out and maybe turn them into a real metal product. What do you think? ⚡️
I recently took an indoor training course in which I was the only one #masked. That didn’t bother me as it’s not the first time and I’ve grown quite accustomed to people’s strange looks.
What truly affected me was the sad fact that when we partnered up at the start, I was last to be picked due to my #mask.
It was clear everyone felt that if they partnered with me they’d have to mask up as well. I told the last unfortunate fellow who was forced to sit with me that was not the case, he was relieved.
Over the 2 day course I found out my new partner had already taken the same course a month previous and barely retained anything.
I was shocked by his inability to remember numbers or follow basic instructions in a timely matter. Despite this, I continuously helped him along, explaining things thoroughly through my mask. At the end he gratefully thanked me for helping him so much through the course.
Upon leaving on the last day, I overheard my former partner admitting to the teacher that since he’s had #covid (multiple times) he now has difficulty remembering things, which is affecting his studies.
So, next time you need to partner in a course don’t assume the only person masked is an incompetent fool, when it’s most probably quite the opposite.
My wife and I have managed to avoid #covid19bc thus far through maintained #masking and social #distancing. Life changed and we’ve adjusted. Masking shows our strength and resilience not our weakness.
In my small timeline here, I have seen at least 5 people say that they got #Covid this week. People, please wear masks no matter where you go. Especially if you're going to be inside without ventilation or small amounts with public, you should wear a mask. Covid is dangerous
Know anyone who is still masking or working to avoid covid to some degree? Maybe they feel more isolated or limited socially, and having more social options that match their precautions would help.
There's a free "Covid Conscious" friends and dating match system beginning. Open to all walks of life.
It's launching in Oregon, while also offering to help anyone who wants to start their own local group anywhere else.
A community building niche for people who struggle to find others will do a lot of people some good, please spread the word.
So... as I understand lawsuits, this lawsuit that Ron DeSantis lost for not releasing #Covid data over a 2yr period sets a precedent, yes?
Because um.. Biden and his current CDC director & all past directors since 2020, Dept of Health directors, etc. have been blatantly not releasing Covid data for quite some time now.
I'm hearing people who have been regular blood donors in #Canada are no longer going in because the centres don't require masking. And donors don't feel safe. I'd like to hear more about this. Anyone else experiencing this?
I'm sizing things up for a possible story. #blood#CBS#mask#platelets
I've decided to sell this rave mask I made in 2020. It would look absolutely incredible on most adults, I have a teeny skull and so it's too big on me. This is also a really incredible piece for modeling, even if you never wear it out of the studio. The chain is adjustable, and should fit most people.
This mask will not (I repeat, will not) provide protection from airborne particles and will only minimally repress the escape of your own airborne particles. If you want to wear this to an event and mask, I recommend wearing a light mask underneath it.
DM me if you're interested. Because this is a prototype, it's vegan and also a little cheaper than I would typically sell something like this for. I'm asking $100 or, if you're in love with it and you DM me first, I'm willing to haggle.
I just got home from a Costco pharmacy in Salt Lake City, Utah. The elderly man standing next to me was bemoaning the fact that he had just spent four days in the hospital with Norovirus. He wasn’t wearing a mask. He just got out of the hospital. He was still feeling unwell. He knows his immune system is compromised. No mask. #Mask#ItsNotOver#Norovirus#Covid#Flu
"Masks work. Distorting science to dispute the evidence doesn’t.
New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work."
For an airborne infectious disease, it's important to lower inhalation dose. "The ways to do so don't require empirical RCTs. Basic engineering science will do." -Richard Corsi
Hi peeps, I'm after UK info, my wife has MRI lower abdomen soon and have been reading what I can on ffp2 mask use during procedure, a few posts saying patients will be given approved mask rather than anything brought in because fears of metal components/contaminants, anyone know if this is the case?
For info. these are what we're using and I'll be checking the nose clip but feels plastic, all else is welded. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08RJWB3NR
Boost appreciated thanks #MRI#COVID#mask
If you are attending a Conference and not wearing an #N95#Mask or better, you might as well be logging into an unencrypted webpage with a password... while you're at Defcon.
We're a species of ignorant primates with a superiority complex only out powered by our self destructive tendencies.
Whatever people knew about fascism in 1939 we know so much more now. One thing about fascism is it's inherently, almost definitionally, self destructive. Yet at any given time 12-20% of the population of a democracy prefers it.
We compare #covid to a cold when its more similar to HIV.
Who do you think is behind the devil mask?
And for bonus points: who are their four henchmen?