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Masking reintroduced in N.S. hospitals as respiratory illnesses increase
Masking reintroduced in N.S. hospitals as respiratory illnesses increase

“A partial masking mandate has returned to Nova Scotia hospitals and provincially run healthcare facilities for visitors and healthcare workers. "This is for anybody who is in clinical areas in the hospitals, inpatient units and clinics where we are providing direct patient care,”

A partial masking mandate has returned to Nova Scotia hospitals and provincially run healthcare facilities for visitors and healthcare workers. "This is for anybody who is in clinical areas in the hospitals, inpatient units and clinics where we are providing direct patient care,”
#masks#hospital acquired infection
·ctvnews.ca·
Masking reintroduced in N.S. hospitals as respiratory illnesses increase
Fear Itself
Fear Itself
“Those who are the most well-informed about COVID, who know which variants are circulating, how to check wastewater levels, who encourage testing in their social circles and calmly continue to mask in public, have a more adult, emotionally mature relationship with the pandemic. They understand that denial is no remedy for fear, and delusion no refuge.”
Those who are the most well-informed about COVID, who know which variants are circulating, how to check wastewater levels, who encourage testing in their social circles and calmly continue to mask in public, have a more adult, emotionally mature relationship with the pandemic. They understand that denial is no remedy for fear, and delusion no refuge.
#Julia Doubleday#analysis#Discussion#masks#Covid Statistics#resources#newsletters
·thegauntlet.news·
Fear Itself
What It's Like to Wear a Mask: A Survey on Discrimination
What It's Like to Wear a Mask: A Survey on Discrimination

More than half of people who took a survey have said they've been harassed or threatened in public for wearing a medical mask. They're harassed at work, at home, and even in hospitals.

What It's Like to Wear a Mask: A Survey on Discrimination

#masks#Masks at Work#CDC failure#discrimination#disability rights#disabled#What we can do to protect ourselves#masks in healthcare#Jessica Wildfire#like minds
·sentinelintelligent.com·
What It's Like to Wear a Mask: A Survey on Discrimination
Health and safety | Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Health and safety | Berkeley Repertory Theatre
“For the comfort and safety of patrons at higher risk of adverse health effects from airborne illnesses, masks will be required for audiences in our theatres on Sundays (matinees and evenings) and Tuesdays for the first three weeks of each show’s run during our 2024/25 season.”
#Covid Aware Groups#resources#Berkeley Repertory Theatre#masks#public health#accessibility#disabled
·berkeleyrep.org·
Health and safety | Berkeley Repertory Theatre
The Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Bay Area, CA) has mandatory masked events on Sundays and Tuesdays.
The Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Bay Area, CA) has mandatory masked events on Sundays and Tuesdays.

“The Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Bay Area, CA) has mandatory masked events on Sundays and Tuesdays.

This is inclusiveness. This is community care.

Vulnerable people deserve to experience life, too.”

#Covid Aware Groups#masks#public health#Berkeley Repertory Theatre#accessibility#disabled
·x.com·
The Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Bay Area, CA) has mandatory masked events on Sundays and Tuesdays.
Every other person in SF’s Chinatown is wearing a medical mask right now. Relatively more masking is observed in working class communities of color in Oakland, too. The racial & class bias of mask bans are so clear. So is the cruelty of targeting communities hit hardest by Covid.
Every other person in SF’s Chinatown is wearing a medical mask right now. Relatively more masking is observed in working class communities of color in Oakland, too. The racial & class bias of mask bans are so clear. So is the cruelty of targeting communities hit hardest by Covid.
#Discussion#mask bans#masks
·x.com·
Every other person in SF’s Chinatown is wearing a medical mask right now. Relatively more masking is observed in working class communities of color in Oakland, too. The racial & class bias of mask bans are so clear. So is the cruelty of targeting communities hit hardest by Covid.
What would an adequate COVID response look like?
What would an adequate COVID response look like?
“Refusal to directly communicate 1) how COVID spreads 2) that it can be avoided 3) how it can be avoided while modeling mitigation, makes pandemic communications much more difficult for vulnerable people, activists and marginalized groups attempting to reduce disease burden in their communities. We should not be swimming against the current of public health officials’ poor pandemic hygiene.”
Refusal to directly communicate 1) how COVID spreads 2) that it can be avoided 3) how it can be avoided while modeling mitigation, makes pandemic communications much more difficult for vulnerable people, activists and marginalized groups attempting to reduce disease burden in their communities. We should not be swimming against the current of public health officials’ poor pandemic hygiene.
#Clean Air#transmission#What we can do to protect ourselves#Julia Doubleday#masks#protocols
·thegauntlet.news·
What would an adequate COVID response look like?
So anti-maskers found my post about how at the conf masks are required and somehow interpreted "everyone is complying" that socialists are some kind of submissive sheep. Y'all have no idea who you're dealing with at this event. 😂
So anti-maskers found my post about how at the conf masks are required and somehow interpreted "everyone is complying" that socialists are some kind of submissive sheep. Y'all have no idea who you're dealing with at this event. 😂
Kudos to the Socialism Conference coordinators and attendees. The conference also offered a virtual option to attend. SOLIDARITY. ✊😷
#Covid Aware Groups#Socialism Conference#masks#Discussion
·x.com·
So anti-maskers found my post about how at the conf masks are required and somehow interpreted "everyone is complying" that socialists are some kind of submissive sheep. Y'all have no idea who you're dealing with at this event. 😂
Protecting HCWs and patients: An impossible fix, or an essential one?
Protecting HCWs and patients: An impossible fix, or an essential one?
“We have dedicated our lives to saving lives. And yet we are trapped in a system where infecting each other and our patients has apparently become acceptable. With no end to COVID waves on the horizon (we’re in a substantial one right now), what is the endgame our health-care leaders are hoping for?”
#masks#Clean Air#health care workers
·calgaryherald.com·
Protecting HCWs and patients: An impossible fix, or an essential one?
“How long are you going to wear a mask?”
“How long are you going to wear a mask?”

Excellent essay on wearing masks and why it is important:

“How long are you going to wear a mask?”

“We didn’t mask before Covid so we aren’t going to now!”

These are two of the most common refrains covid aware people hear. They suggest that the pandemic is over & that precautions no longer make sense.

They’re wrong 🧵 /1

#masks#disabled
·x.com·
“How long are you going to wear a mask?”
1 in 3 say COVID-19 poses risk to their health: Survey
1 in 3 say COVID-19 poses risk to their health: Survey

New poll: 13% mask “all the time”

A new poll found 32% of Americans believe COVID is a “large or moderate” risk to their health but only 13% said they mask all the time, while 21% had taken an at-home test in the past week.

#masks#surge
·thehill.com·
1 in 3 say COVID-19 poses risk to their health: Survey
Disabled people's exclusion from indoor spaces is a civil rights violation, not an annoyance
Disabled people's exclusion from indoor spaces is a civil rights violation, not an annoyance

“The severity and frequency of Long COVID is purposely obscured from public discussion as part of a continued political effort to normalize constant COVID exposure.

People who take precautions to avoid COVID are making the wise decision to protect themselves and their families; they are also safeguarding their ability to work and earn money in a society that disposes of people who cannot produce. It is a rational decision; in the case of Long COVID patients, it is a necessary one.

It is also, admittedly, a very difficult lifestyle to adopt and maintain.”

The severity and frequency of Long COVID is purposely obscured from public discussion as part of a continued political effort to normalize constant COVID exposure. People who take precautions to avoid COVID are making the wise decision to protect themselves and their families; they are also safeguarding their ability to work and earn money in a society that disposes of people who cannot produce. It is a rational decision; in the case of Long COVID patients, it is a necessary one. It is also, admittedly, a very difficult lifestyle to adopt and maintain.
#disabled#masks#long covid
·thegauntlet.news·
Disabled people's exclusion from indoor spaces is a civil rights violation, not an annoyance
To My Unmasked Friend in the Fifth Year of COVID
To My Unmasked Friend in the Fifth Year of COVID
“…you made a choice that actively excludes people like me from participating not only in an event like a convention, but society at large. And yes, it is a choice. Every time you step out into the world without a mask on your face, you have made a decision that your very good reason, whatever it is, supersedes the right of disabled and at-risk people to exist safely in your orbit.”
#masks#disabled
·annabookwriter.medium.com·
To My Unmasked Friend in the Fifth Year of COVID
PBS News Hour live episode, Aug. 20, 2024
PBS News Hour live episode, Aug. 20, 2024
At 47:39 interview on the huge summer Covid surge w/ Eric Topol, who notes 1M US cases a day. He says Covid is same family of viruses as colds WRONG. That family is rhinoviruses. He reports high transmissible variant; waning immunity, & "abandoned mitigation” to blame. Masks encouraged. Nasal vax discussed. Decent questions from reporter. overall FAIL from huge public health figure.
#surge#masks#VIdeo
·youtube.com·
PBS News Hour live episode, Aug. 20, 2024
Mask bans disenfranchise millions of Americans with disabilities
Mask bans disenfranchise millions of Americans with disabilities
“…enforcing the ban is subjective and will disproportionally impact Black people and people of color, who are more likely to be stopped by police and are also more likely to wear masks to prevent Covid. This is in part because Black and Latinx Americans are more cautious in their approach to the pandemic, reflecting the higher hospitalization and death rates in these communities.”
#mask bans#masks#CDC failure
·statnews.com·
Mask bans disenfranchise millions of Americans with disabilities
Health and air travel: Why I still wear a mask on planes
Health and air travel: Why I still wear a mask on planes

“I’m sick of getting sick on planes. I got another case of COVID-19 last month, on a domestic flight, sitting near a woman who was sneezing. I wore an N95 mask, but she was only wearing the loose surgical type. I suspect she knew she was infectious.”

I’m sick of getting sick on planes. I got another case of COVID-19 last month, on a domestic flight, sitting near a woman who was sneezing. I wore an N95 mask, but she was only wearing the loose surgical type. I suspect she knew she was infectious.
#masks#airplanes#Clean Air
·archive.is·
Health and air travel: Why I still wear a mask on planes
It's official: Mask ban in Nassau County, New York passes along party lines, 12-0 (7 abstentions). It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
It's official: Mask ban in Nassau County, New York passes along party lines, 12-0 (7 abstentions). It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
#masks#mask bans
·x.com·
It's official: Mask ban in Nassau County, New York passes along party lines, 12-0 (7 abstentions). It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.
Stability of Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 on Masks and Transfer to Skin
Stability of Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 on Masks and Transfer to Skin
“We aerosolized SARS-CoV-2. After 1 hr, we were able to recover infectious virus from fabric masks but not an N95 or surgical mask. When we pressed artificial skin against the masks, we found viral RNA but no infectious virus on the skin.” #MasksWork
#masks
·pubs.acs.org·
Stability of Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 on Masks and Transfer to Skin