This important news even if most people that care already new it. It’s important on the face of it, it’s important the WHO is acknowledging it (again), AND it’s important that the CDC still won’t admit it.
Masks work. Indoor fresh-air ventilation works. The US Gov’t says, “Your job is to keep shopping…nothing to see here.”
Heading into the office for the first time in about six weeks. The usual one hour team meeting has been changed to a 5 hour meeting and we’ve had to postpone a release with another team til next week. I’m not best impressed. Neither is the other team.
I also need to remember I’m in person & the eye rolling, jiggling and pacing I do with my camera off must . not . happen. #masking
Having to use the bus. Went early so it wasn’t rammed.
Ongoing breathing problems continue after COVID | inquirer.com
"I have seen an uptick in cases of diaphragm paralysis since the COVID pandemic and worldwide studies have shown patients who had COVID may experience long-term diaphragm weakness"
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@auscovid19 It just completely baffles me that doctors who are seeing this and connecting the dots to #Covid aren't screaming for #cleanair, #masking, #airfiltration, etc to avoid as many infections and reinfections as possible ... just wow 😭 😭 😭
That headspace where I’m watching a documentary on Juggalos and finding myself thinking … “fuck, I think I may be into this #ICP thing after all”
Noticed I was maintaining the same opinion I formed twenty years ago, and it’s maybe time to re-evaluate. I’m finding some really interesting contrasts.
With #autistic#masking, my past avoidance of the subculture makes perfect sense. Very similar past-tolerance / new-affinity feeling as I’ve found for #furry folks
On #COVID#masks#masking, I frequently read (and empathize with) people around here posting abt comments by various ppl questioning their masks. It sucks!
Wanted to give an other perspective: I've worn N95s (pillowy Dräger 1750) at the office for 2 years (incl. dozens of business meetings) and nobody's ever said anything about it. (A couple of "are you sick today or just cautious" in 2 years.)
Your mileage may vary, but in case you've been thinking about trying, hope hearing that might help?
@actuallyautistic@audhd
Really hard conversation today about what was given up in youth for the sake of #masking before we were old enough to understand the cost. Touched on everything from special interests to expressions of gender identity. ❤️🩹 #actuallyautistic#autism#autistic
Today in Labor History February 20, 1905: The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Massachusetts's mandatory smallpox vaccination program in Jacobson v. Massachusetts. There were lots of problems early on with the vaccine. For one, they reused needles, causing the transfer of syphilis from infected to uninfected people. They also had problems with bacterial contamination of the vaccine that made some people sick. On the other hand, because of global mandatory vaccination programs, the disease was eradicated in 1977, the only human disease to be completely wiped out. By the mid-1950s, over 2 million people were dying worldwide annually.
With respect to personal freedom, the Court ruled in Jacobson that individual liberty is not absolute and is subject to the state’s use of police power. Consequently, Jacobson has been invoked in other Supreme Court cases to justify police power. The ruling led to a mobilization of the anti-vaccination movement and the creation of the Anti-Vaccination League of America. The Jacobson ruling was later invoked to support forced sterilization of those with intellectual disabilities (Buck v Bell, 1927); the federal partial abortion ban (Gonzales v Carhart, 2007); drug testing of students (Veronica School District v Acton, 1995); and, most recently, COVID mitigation mandates, like face masks and stay-at-home orders.
“'A question shadowing suits such as these is whether there is a #FirstAmendment right to refuse to wear a protective mask as required by valid health and safety orders put in place during a recognized #PublicHealth emergency. Like all courts to address this issue, we conclude there is not...
Anyone with #ADHD and/or #ASD can tell me about their experience with masking?
I have a hard time relaxing and recharging my social batteries unless I'm alone or just in the company of animals.
How do you manage #masking and your social battery around your SO? Is it possible to deprogram the automatic tendency to mask even with people you love?
To give you an idea about my masking, I feel like my social interactions are based on following a script or doing a performance even if it's super unconscious and automatic.
Just learned about the concept but it's evident that this is what I'm doing constantly when interacting with people and the reason why I crave alone time to unwind and recharge.
I currently make an urgently needed clean slate regarding my browser tabs - and so read for the 100s time the Wiki article on #masking. And it just came to me as a flash insight [the German word Geistesblitz is a thing in English, right?]: Masking could be compared to Emotional Labor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_labor ! I learned about the underlying psychological strategies + concepts during my 2nd studies, also about advice on how to survive it sanely. Maybe this could be a support for @actuallyautistic?
At this point, I know maybe 6 or 7 people (8 if you include me) irl, that haven't been infected with #Covid19.
Every time I tell people I've never gotten #Covid , they seem shocked.
All the people I know who are #Novid do at least 2 of the following.
Not spending time indoors unmasked around others that aren't in their "bubble." If they do see people outside their bubble, they try to do stuff outside. If it has to be indoors, everyone must #MaskUp when inside
Don't spend a lot of time in public places indoors - especially when there are crowds.
Having common shared agreements about #CovidPrecautions with the people they do see unmasked (usually about 3 people total - sometimes less - and it's pretty much always the people they live with).
#Masking in public using high-quality and well fitted masks (N95/KF94/KN95) - everyone I know who has remained Covid free is doing this.
I've watched basically every single person I know catch Covid, some of them multiple times, and it gets harder for me to comprehend how myself and others are screaming from the rooftops about #LayersOfProtection , yet they're still not #MaskingUp.
It's honestly just exhausting at this point because not only can the social isolation get you down sometimes, but I'm also just tired of seeing my friends get sick.
Over the holidays VLGF and I looked at dismay at our local and #provincial#covid monitoring results (#wastewater, hospitalizations, new cases etc) and decided that when we went back in public, or to work, we'd be #masking.
My first day back on Tuesday I ran into the COO and CEO (med. size company) in the breakroom, me sporting my mask, and they asked why the mask Spruce?
US residents: If you haven't ordered your free COVID tests through USPS in the last five or six weeks, you're eligible for four more per household. It takes about a minute to fill out the online form, and USPS delivers them to your mailbox.
Testing is a great way to keep friends, family, and coworkers safe.
#Masking is a great way to keep yourself and others safe. #Vaccination is a good way to help keep yourself safe.
The free tests are certainly useful in a small set of situations, but they’re all too frequently misused and misunderstood. You can be contagious whilst the test shows negative. And there’s a non-trivial percentage of false negatives. They’re more likely to tell you you’ve already messed up.
@StillIRise1963 💯 agree. I do have to wonder how much of the grousing is performative BS to own the libs, cuz my 87yo mom & I still mask up 4yrs on & we frankly forget they’re on.
Also: I’m #masking with a KN94 (Korean N95 equivalent) in my damn home right now as the hub is quarantined in our bedroom with #COVID (he’s doing OK on Paxlovid). And my husband WHO HAS COVID likewise masks up when I bring him meals.
Five months ago today, I was recovering from my first (known) #COVID infection. It took me weeks to feel normal.
Now, as I prepare to get on a plane next week for the first time since then, I am incredibly nervous and anxious. Especially cuz I know I'll be one of only a few people #masking at the airport and on the plane.
Maybe we'll all luck out and not catch the latest variant. Maybe the risk will seem worth it to see my family.
is the constant internal dialogue a function of Autism's "bottom-up" processing, or a function of shame-based masking?
I'm wondering if I'll ever be able to just act or speak without that layer. should I be trying to act/speak thru the layer of dialogue or should I just let it happen & be less anxious about it?
I guess I'm wondering if it comes from my masking coping strategies or if it's more ingrained and unavoidable #ActuallyAutistic
@seanwithwords@actuallyautistic I associate that inner voice and pre-practicing with masking. This is especially silly noticeable for me when I’m communicating with strangers, and why doing so is very taxing for me.
I know there are times when those I don’t mask with wish I didn’t. But the message I try to import on them is that masking is exhausting. Don’t like me for my mask. Like me for my authentic self.
The phrase "burnt out former gifted kid" has always given me the ick, but there are unique challenges/issues/traumas related to that experience that tend to come up in #autistic discussions and I've never encountered a good description.
Proposal for a slightly less icky alternative:
✨ burnt out former high achiever ✨
Spain makes face masks mandatory in hospitals and clinics after a spike in respiratory illnesses (apnews.com)
Spain’s government says face masks will be mandatory in hospitals and healthcare centers starting Wednesday due to a surge in respiratory illnesses.