airadam, to random
@airadam@mastodon.me.uk avatar

The gym is definitely the place I consistently get the most puzzled/mocking looks for wearing a mask, but since most of the people I know who said things in 2020 like "I don't need a vaccine, I have an immune system" were also ostensibly the health and fitness crowd...

grheavyroller, to random
@grheavyroller@mastodon.social avatar

@violetblue 's Covid Sanity Handbook is "a direct challenge to the social and political gaslighting conspiring to make us feel crazy, isolated, hysterical, misinformed, overreacting, excluded, broken, somehow unwilling, or paints us as threatening simply because we do not want a Covid-19 infection."

One of the Covid Sanity Handbook's exemplary stretch goals is a DRM-free audiobook, and it's very close. Help it get there:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/violetblue/the-covid-sanity-handbook

catrionagold, to coronavirus
@catrionagold@mastodon.social avatar
ahimsa_pdx, to random
@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social avatar

I had to go to urgent care earlier today (nothing serious, needed antibiotics for infection).

I'm please to report that the nurse, the doctor, and all the patients I saw (about 8-9?) were wearing masks of some kind. I was pleasantly surprised! 😷😁

pezmico, to random
@pezmico@mastodon.nz avatar

Reality is that you only really need to wear a mask and consider air quality if:

-you breathe air regularly.
-you care about your brain, heart, immune system, lungs, kidneys, bones, teeth, eyes, liver or other organs.
-you ever have other people around you.

pezmico,
@pezmico@mastodon.nz avatar

I because breathing is one of my favourite things to do. 😷

I am constantly doing it, literally can't stop.

I'd consider it an addiction but so far it hasn't affected my life negatively.

And because I don't plan to give it up, better do it safely. ✌️

crow, to random
@crow@cville.online avatar

Me at Costco, wearing a , waiting for a booster.

Pharma tech calls my name, beckoning me into a small room.

Me: Would you mind masking up?

Tech: Why?

Me: Because you might have COVID.

Tech looks surprised, walks off. Returns with a cheap surgical mask: “It’s not an N95 so it won’t do much.”

Me: Better than nothing.

Tech, asking screening questions: Have you had COVID in the last 3 months?

Me: No, because I’m careful.

Tech: Yeah, me too.

Me: 🧐

grheavyroller, to random
@grheavyroller@mastodon.social avatar

@violetblue 's Covid Sanity is "a self-defense guide, a conversation starter, a resource for finding community, a helpful tool for hard decisions, and a means with which we ultimately disallow our valid refusal to endure repeated Covid-19 reinfections to be used against us."

"We're made to feel separate from society for avoiding covid, but we are far from alone."

Head to Kickstarter and help Covid Sanity become reality:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/violetblue/the-covid-sanity-handbook

HeatherInNZ, to random
@HeatherInNZ@mastodon.nz avatar

A question, fellow folk, what do we think about KN95 mask expiration dates? Seeing a lot of expired or soon to expire masks for sale and my mum is asking if they are still good? So I am asking all of you.

KiwiNikki, to random
@KiwiNikki@mastodon.nz avatar

This is not a good look, Canterbury. Mask up.

pezmico, to random
@pezmico@mastodon.nz avatar

Everyday is #MaskUp day.

But these days are particularly so.

The research is out, the science is clear:
Respirators work.

Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cmr.00124-23

pezmico,
@pezmico@mastodon.nz avatar

If you follow me, you likely don't need to hear this anymore but still spread it around:

Masks work.
Respirators are better.
It should be very normal to wear one.
😷

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/05/university-of-otago-s-michael-baker-among-health-experts-calling-for-better-face-mask-use-in-new-zealand-after-international-study-on-effectiveness.html

#Mask4YourMates #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social avatar

Masks work, our comprehensive review has found.

"Getting most people to wear a mask could nip the outbreak in the bud, preventing a pandemic or lessening its impact. Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns."

"The bottom line from our recent review is masks work. Along with improving indoor air quality and avoiding crowded, underventilated places, they provide the best way to avoid catching a respiratory infection. And our findings support previous advice to not just wear any mask but wear the best mask available."

@auscovid19

Source: https://theconversation.com/masks-work-our-comprehensive-review-has-found-229658

compost, to random
@compost@regenerate.social avatar

It looks like the lawmakers of North Carolina have finally realized the law to ban masks in public was a stupid thing to do...

It was right to protest and remind the lawmakers that they were working for the people.

https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/nc-house-votes-not-to-concur-with-bill-reinstating-mask-restrictions/

arra, to random French
@arra@toot.aquilenet.fr avatar

Bonjour Masto !
On recherche des recommandations de lecture sur le début de la pandémie dans les pays nord-africains, et plus particulièrement au Maroc

Boosts appréciés




cookiesinheaven, to random
@cookiesinheaven@m.ai6yr.org avatar

I just so love this family photo of yore.

faerye, to random
@faerye@pie.gd avatar

Bumper sticker idea:
I’m already trying not to catch the NEXT virus!

lappenjammer, to random German
@lappenjammer@openbiblio.social avatar

Es gibt ja nicht nur leichte Momente auf Reisen. Das National Covid Memorial hat mich sehr berührt und erschüttert. Bereits von weitem sieht man, dass die gesamte Wand des Ufers gegenüber des britischen Parlaments rot ist. Jedes dieser Herzen steht für einen Menschen, bei dem COVID auf der Sterbeurkunde vermerkt wurde. Die Zahl ist seit meinem Besuch weiter gestiegen.

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #maskup #cleanair 😷✊️
#LappenjammerUrlaubsfotos

National Covid Memorial in London
National Covid Memorial in London
National Covid Memorial in London, hier steht die Gesamtzshl der Toten bei über 239.170 (die letzte Ziffer ist nicht auszumachen).

eeyam, to random
@eeyam@med-mastodon.com avatar

Fellow doctors noting that cases are up again!

(There's is no reliable data monitoring from the Department of Health anymore)

kaitlinsundling, to climate
@kaitlinsundling@med-mastodon.com avatar

As a physician, I can attest that masks protect against many threats to our health, including pollution, wildfire smoke, infectious diseases, and allergens. All of us, and especially disabled and immunocompromised folks, need to be able to wear masks freely in public spaces. Please sign and share this petition against the North Carolina mask ban. https://chng.it/C7XNnpx9gL

justyourluck, to random
@justyourluck@masto.ai avatar

ONE BILLION

1,000,000,000

"By 2033, a billion people are expected to suffer from Long Covid - most of them in the economically active age groups."

https://www.manager-magazin.de/lifestyle/long-covid-konferenz-wir-muessen-uns-endlich-eingestehen-wie-gewaltig-dieses-problem-ist-a-4389644b-1795-4acf-bccf-759d6dce1982

The is STILL going on‼️

sucks more than you can imagine‼️

or as the WHO now says it spreads ‼️

with or better & Stay Safe‼️ 😷🫶

webology, to random
@webology@mastodon.social avatar

Community organizers panel #PyConUS

dan613,
@dan613@ottawa.place avatar

@webology Shoutout to the person wearing a mask. #maskup

hiisikoloart, to random Finnish
@hiisikoloart@writing.exchange avatar

I have been eating antibiotics for days now, due to inflammation in my surgical wound - and it had proven to my that my ears indeed don't have issues in them that could be fixed with an antibiotic.

Instead covid caused some kind of structural damage that causes daily pain in my left ear, while my right ear hurts occasionally OR makes so ALL sounds become distorted, painful, and difficult to handle. This has been going on for almost 3 YEARS!

You don't want this.

compost, to random
@compost@regenerate.social avatar

Wearing a mask is resistance.

The lawmakers of NC keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results. That was Eisntein's definition of insanity.

themaskerscomic, to random
@themaskerscomic@forall.social avatar

I think it is really important we speak out against this bill as it could be copy-catted in other states, and its just messed up, so I started an email campaign: TIME-SENSITIVE!: Join the email campaign to stop HB 237 from passing in NC House of Representatives! If passed, this bill will make it illegal to wear a mask in public even for medical reasons, more info at https://the-maskers-comic.yolasite.com/stophb237 We need to send these emails out ASAP!

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