#Masks
‘#Masks, #Misinformation, and Making Do’ Chronicles Experience of #Appalachian #Healthcare #Workers during the #Pandemic
https://dailyyonder.com/masks-misinformation-and-making-do-chronicles-experience-of-appalachian-healthcare-workers-during-the-pandemic/2023/05/25/
@CaramelizedShallots I’m so grateful for the few journalists who are still putting these issues out there. This is isolating and burdensome-and such a contrast to 2020 when the messaging was “I wear a mask to protect you.” What is happening :blobcatpensive: #Masks #DisabilityRights #CovidIsNotOver
1,130,593 Americans Dead From COVID 19
2023-June-01 Friday
755 Americans Dead Last Week
U.S. - 16.29% of global pandemic deaths
U.S. - 4.20% of the global population
#US #USA #America #Americans #COVID19 #Covid #Corona #CoronaVirus #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborn #Pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #Mask #Masks #WearAMask #Death #Deaths #AmericanDeaths #Vaccine #Vaccines #silentsunday #montag #sunday #Friday #SilentSunday #Monday #LongCovid #news #USNews #politics #USPolitics
Dangerous brain abscesses spiked in US kids as COVID restrictions dropped - Enlarge / An MRI image of a brain with an abscess causing seizures. (c... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1943829 #respiratoryinfections #brainabscesses #restrictions #bacteria #covid-19 #pandemic #science #health #nevada #masks #mmwr #cdc
Ars Technica: Dangerous brain abscesses spiked in US kids as COVID restrictions dropped https://arstechnica.com/?p=1943829 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #respiratoryinfections #brainabscesses #restrictions #bacteria #COVID-19 #pandemic #Science #Health #nevada #masks #MMWR #CDC
The Admin said he will be getting with unvaccinated staff to explain they still have to wear masks. It shall be interesting, because they were not wearing masks after the announcement. [Masks no longer required by HD]
And we VACCINATED staff were still wearing ours!! 😷😷 We need them more than ever now!!!!
CRIPE, stupidity is so popular right now!
Article headline: "Is COVID back in NYC?"
Note from me: COVID never left, people are just more careless because all levels of government have been telling them it was over.
Anyway, from the article: "Wastewater monitoring is showing early signs of a coronavirus rebound in New York City and some surrounding suburbs".
Wear a mask.
https://gothamist.com/news/is-covid-back-in-nyc-wastewater-surveillance-shows-coronavirus-is-rising
#COVID19: Tally of covid-19 cases after CDC conference climbs to 181. “…conference organizers should…decrease the risk to participants by optimizing venue indoor #AirQuality … opting for #outdoor venues when possible, minimizing crowding, and providing #N95 & #KN95 #masks...” | Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/05/26/cdc-covid-outbreak/
From the department of "Tell me you removed #masks from #healthcare without telling me ...":
Shouldn't the SURGICAL area at a hospital be the LAST PLACE you would want or expect to get a #HospitalAquiredInfection or for any kind of outbreak to occur, let alone a #COVID one? Shouldn't it be the cleanest most sterile environment in the entire hospital? Shouldn't everyone be wearing #N95 masks?
#Ajax #Durham #Ontario #SARS2 #SARS-CoV2
https://www.durham.ca/en/health-and-wellness/durham-region-institutional-outbreaks.aspx
COVID outbreak at CDC gathering infects 181 disease detectives - Enlarge / The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquar... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1942869 #diseasedetectives #infectiousdisease #covid-19vaccines #vaccination #conference #covid-19 #outbreak #pandemic #science #atlanta #health #masks #cdc #eis
Ars Technica: COVID outbreak at CDC gathering infects 181 disease detectives https://arstechnica.com/?p=1942869 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #diseasedetectives #Infectiousdisease #COVID-19vaccines #vaccination #conference #COVID-19 #outbreak #pandemic #Science #Atlanta #Health #masks #CDC #EIS
You can use any of these posters under creative commons licence
https://toolkit.covid19.govt.nz/assets?tags=Go%20well&search_strategy=and
No luck yet for #masks to keep my family at least not more sick than we already are >_<
Theatre kid's Flo Mask (150 for mask, extra condensation inserts, filters to last them a year)
kofi goal: https://ko-fi.com/aldercone
My 3M mask, about $75 for it and two sets of filters
https://throne.com/evel/wishlist/disability-lifestyle
Plz boost and even a dollar will help us stay well(ish)!
#DisabilityCrowdfund #COVID19 #mutualaid #MEcfs #IndigenousMutualAid #SettlerSaturday #pandemic #chronicIllness #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask
"...we are not done with Covid, not even close. ...
"I get that people want to move on from the pandemic, but the virus is still out there, people are getting infected, and there’s the possibility of developing long Covid. I’m still wearing masks and following preventive practices as much as possible."
- Akiko Iwasaki, immunology professor at Yale School of Medicine.
Fully 10% of attendees at the CDC’s April conference got #Covid, but the real headline is that they’re now recommending high-quality #masks and testing for those who are attending the planned conference in June.
I’m sure it’s just an oversight that they haven’t yet advised the public similarly.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/05/26/cdc-covid-outbreak/
I have an extra expense come up which is replacing #masks for my household! My cryptid teen went with a 3M mask we already have *phew* They LOVE wearing it instead of hating it too <33
My bird teen wants a FloMask and that's gonna be $150 (including filters that will last them a year or even two!)
cashapp/venmo: aldercone
or
https://ko-fi.com/aldercone
And I want a mask that has a speaking diaphragm which I stuck on my throne list: https://throne.com/evel/wishlist/disability-lifestyle
@BeefGriller They really gelled with my GM style. I'm loving #Masks.
1,129,838 Americans Dead From COVID 19
2023-May-26 Friday
935 Americans Dead Last Week
U.S. - 16.29% of global pandemic deaths
U.S. - 4.20% of the global population
#US #USA #America #Americans #COVID19 #Covid #Corona #CoronaVirus #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborn #Pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #Mask #Masks #WearAMask #Death #Deaths #AmericanDeaths #Vaccine #Vaccines #silentsunday #montag #sunday #Friday #SilentSunday #Monday #LongCovid #news #USNews #politics #USPolitics
Heavy hit on my bank account today as I ordered my family's next batch of masks. We stick to 3M and their Aura range. Ultra reliable. Took 200 of FFP2 (=N95) Auras, at 1.50 pounds a piece. Plus my trusted supplier had a special deal for FFP3 (=N99) Auras, similar price, I took 2 boxes of 120. The FFP2s are for normal work circumstances, the FFP3s for crowded trains and similar extreme situations.
Should get us through the year.
The Great PPE Conspiracy
An Unspoken Theory of International Fraud
At the eye doctor's today, the two receptionists were wearing #masks, as was the #ophthalmologist, as of course was I. The #OptometryAssistant who gave me my eye exam wasn't. Most annoying. I know the state doesn't mandate masks anymore, but this is a medical establishment, and they can do it themselves. The lab where I get my monthly blood tests does.
H/T to whoever mentioned them here recently... (Can't find it now)
Maskc sells #KN95 (and lesser) #masks that are more interesting than plain white. Their notional prices are not great, but they have stupidly high discounts making them comparable to pre-Covid mask prices. Currently doing a Memorial Day sale: 80% off everything.
https://shopmaskc.com
I’m mildly peeved that they started this sale the day after I ordered enough for the better part of a year at 70% off.
Your occasional reminder that #masks work, and #MaskMandates reduce #COVID19 transmission https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004226
Hiltzik: The COVID strategy that proved lethal in practice - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-05-23/column-these-experts-sold-the-u-s-on-a-disastrous-covid-plan-and-never-paid-a-professional-price “They’re a cadre of academics and scientists who pushed a discredited solution to the #COVID #pandemic, shunning #masks, school closings, even #vaccines, all in the name of reaching the elusive goal of “herd immunity,” resulting in what may have been hundreds of thousands of unnecessary American #deaths.”
#FactCheck: Study Does NOT Reveal Most People's #Lungs Now 'Riddled With #Microplastics' From Disposable #Masks
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/05/fact-check-study-does-not-reveal-most-peoples-lungs-now-riddled-with-microplastics-from-disposable-masks.html
A couple of days ago, my friend & colleague diagnosed SEVEN kids with #COVID in the course of one office day.
Please remember that #CovidIsNotOver and it would be great if everyone including children were fully boosted with the #CovidVaccine and wore #masks. #MaskUp #WearAMask #VaccinesSaveLives
#Cochrane Says Review Does Not Show That ‘Face #Masks Don’t Work’ Against #Covid-19 https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/03/11/cochrane-says-review-does-not-show-that-face-masks-dont-work-against-covid-19/
Poster by artist @ schmutzparty on the birdsite. Hi-res file available for free/pay-what-you-want on Gumroad: https://schmutzparty.gumroad.com/l/dhuna
A study on the harms of face masks was retracted. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1221666/full. My analysis of mask-related injuries found a very small number, especially falls, rashes, and probable anxiety attacks. Altogether 1.5 per 100,000 Americans in 2020, and 5.3/100k over age 75. Similar to extension cords, 1/18 as dangerous as jewelry. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/f3wbn/
#publichealth #masks #scicomm #vaccineswork #science #retraction
Retraction: Physio-metabolic and clinical consequences of wearing face #masks -Systematic review with meta-analysis and comprehensive evaluation
Following publication, concerns were raised regarding the scientific validity An investigation was conducted found that the complaints were valid and that the article does not meet the standards of editorial and scientific soundness ..therefore, retracted. This retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Frontiers in Public Health
Often referenced "masks do harm" study retracted.
See: https://frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1221666/full
Editors: "...complaints were valid ... the article does not meet the standards of editorial & scientific soundness..."
Will likely live on as a zombie & the retraction will become part of a conspiracy narrative.
#publichealth #masks #scicomm #vaccineswork #science #retraction
UPDATE ON TSHIRT GIVEAWAY: Or enter by posting a covid meme or covid stat.
Feeling gorgeous & stylish in your mask? We know you ARE! Feel free to share a photo of yourself in a N95 or better to enter.
Because protecting our community is cool & we look good when we do it.
COVID shrinks d!cks
I wouldn't know.
I wear a mask.
Drawing a winner on 5/22, 6PM PST.
#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #CovidShrinksDicks #WearAMask #Masks
Masks and portable air cleaners reduced the spread of COVID-19 in schools, study shows
Report Published in journal PLOS Medicine: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004226
The more I read this book the more amazed I am that we're are doing so badly with our current pandemic.
"the many shall not be placed in danger for the the few" (NSW Government, 1919). #Pandemic #Masks #PublicHealth
1,128,903 Americans Dead From COVID 19
2023-May-19 Friday
975 Americans Dead Last Week
U.S. - 16.28% of global pandemic deaths
U.S. - 4.20% of the global population
#US #USA #America #Americans #COVID19 #Covid #Corona #CoronaVirus #CovidIsNotOver #Pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #Mask #Masks #WearAMask #Death #Deaths #AmericanDeaths #Vaccine #Vaccines #silentsunday #montag #sunday #Friday #SilentSunday #Monday #LongCovid #LongCoivdAwarenessDay #news #USNews #politics #USPolitics
Heh, falling behind again with the #TWiVTLDR but here’s May 4: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1004/
The FDA approved Arexvy, the first #RSV vaccine in the US, for people 60+, fully licensed. Dr. Racaniello will get it!
The numbers for this #flu seasons are in, the rates were similar to 2017/2018 season, although it peaked significantly earlier. (Note that the numbers include 19,000 deaths, and 145 kids who died…and nobody really #masks for flu to start with…) 1/
Greek composer and musician #Vangelis [known for scoring the films Chariots of Fire (1981) and Blade Runner (1982), among other works] passed away from heart failure on May 17, 2022, one year ago today.
He was reported to have "died of COVID-19 complications".
More context: https://www.tumblr.com/pipzeroes/717613574416203776/i-heard-you-like-masks-so-i-put-masks-on-your
#COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNOTover #COVID #COVID19 #LongCOVID #MaskUP #Mask #masks #masking #WearMask #PutOnFittingMask #AllYourBreathAreBelongToUs #pandemic
Public service announcement, just in case anyone had forgotten: Covid is still out there and getting it still sucks. I didn’t wear a mask on a busy ferry last week and I am absolutely paying for it now by being stuck inside/sick/frustrated and having to cancel and rearrange all sorts of fun things this week. If you’re in a crowded space, FFP2 or N95 masks are definitely still worth wearing! #Covid #masks #LearnFromMyMistakes
I think this is the most under-rated path to personal growth for #autistic people: #cohabitation w/other autistics.
This removes the 'us vs them' framing that we can get trapped in. Being able to talk about your needs with someone who understands is critical. Returning that favor begins a process of bargaining, informed by local environmental awareness & our relational roles in it.
#Masks are also not islands.
Visited my local hospital for tests yesterday and was so happy to see that, in spite of the Quebec government having cancelled masking rules, everyone (staff & public) was masked 😃
There’s no longer front door staff handing out masks but the mask and disinfection station is still supplied and there’s lots of signage.
The nurses who treated me were all masked. They must know something the government doesn’t?
Well, had my first experience getting called out for wearing a mask. Apparently I'm a poor excuse for a man because I won't breathe the air God gave us... 🤣 Not sure where my air was coming from, then.
Interestingly, Sweden did not, in fact, ban masks, despite the random dude at the Shoppers checkout telling me that they had. I wonder what else he could be wrong about... 🤔
As a reward to myself for finishing adult tasks, I decided to finish having twins.
Trimming and painting can begin once some minor patching dries.
Dispatch from #Brooklyn #NYC — At a Rite Aid waiting for a vaccine. Overhearing people talking about how “no allergy medicine works for them any more.” No #masks in sight. Nobody in the pharmacy is masked—and every single one of them is coughing, touching their faces, and wiping their noses with their bare hands. I guess we’ve learned absolutely nothing 🙃
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #CovidDispatch
#WearARespirator
#UpgradeYourMask #Covid19 #COVID #ThisIsOurPolio @novid
Fit Testing to ensure a good seal on your mask [Part 2]
This thread describes my quantitative fit testing experience with some real-world results of various types of #masks including #NIOSH #N95 and ear loop and how 1 mask leaked 70x more than the other on my face. 🧵 1/
The one page easier to share version of this thread can be found at: https://pingthread.com/thread/1655331142990528514
#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
1) Get weirded out by these extremely realistic masks created by artist Landon Meier. They're sculpted in Zbrush, 3D printed, cast in silicone, painted and treated with hair. The process takes about 40 hours per mask (not counting sculpting time) and they're sold for between $4,500 and $20,000 USD
An easy graphic to illustrate how and when masks (respirators) are most effective.
#Covid #COVID19 #masks #respirators #WearAMask #MaskUp #BringBackMasks
1,131,819 Americans Dead From COVID 19
2023-May-05 Friday
1,157 Americans Dead Last Week
U.S. - 16.35% of global pandemic deaths
U.S. - 4.20% of the global population
#US #USA #America #Americans #COVID19 #Covid #Corona #CoronaVirus #CovidIsNotOver #Pandemic #PandemicIsNotOver #Mask #Masks #WearAMask #Death #Deaths #AmericanDeaths #Vaccine #Vaccines #silentsunday #montag #sunday #Friday #SilentSunday #Monday #LongCovid #LongCoivdAwarenessDay #news #USNews #politics #USPolitics
I don't know if memes will make a difference, but, literally, what is there to lose with trying?
Here is the audio: https://www.tumblr.com/pipzeroes/716312910023016448/all-your-breath-are-belong-to-us
#COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisNOTover #COVIDisOngoing #COVIDfloatsLikeSmoke #SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #pandemic #mask #masks #MaskUp #LongCOVID
European friends:
Every tourist on my US bus who is speaking a continental European language is not wearing a mask. About 50-60% of us Boston-area locals are wearing masks. I know this is not a significant sample…but I’m wondering…are masks on public transport just not a thing? To be fair, US tourists aren’t wearing them either—but I understand that outside the cities in the US folks just don’t. Wondering about Europe.
#masks #COVID19
This idea that well-fit N95/KN95/KF94 #masks are extremely effective against #COVID is not new.
People who were paying attention were wearing them by late 2020. I had one that I santized with UV-C daily. I now have a full stockpile.
Should have been the guidance from the start. It was an airborne virus. It’s not that complicated. #maskswork
@JoBlakely This is one way that we can easily put pressure on this study & medical facility & others to keep masks in healthcare.
Chris Dancy created an AI automation that will WRITE a letter to your local health care facility to keep masking in healthcare. It's EASY. You just enter a sentence or two & it will generate a letter for you elaborating on your theme.
The HealthCare Advocator for Masking: https://masksafe.pory.app/help
#KeepMasksInHealthcare #Masks #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #AI #ChatGPT
@hannu_ikonen as an immunocompromised asthmatic, turned primary care provider only since January 2020, I haven’t had Covid or even a sniffle since, though I bathe in cooties every day at work, and I’m still treating sick, vaccinated #COVID19 patients as recent as two days ago. More importantly, I haven’t brought illness or death home to my spouse, and I haven’t missed a day of work. #Masks, work. #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver
Mask heroes: I’ve been wearing Kn95 pretty successfully though I just don’t go to crowded indoor spaces. Economic pressures is putting me into a new workplace during the summer. Is the Aura a mask that can protect well? I acknowledge that one-way masking is not protective but I gotta try! #masks #Mitigation #3mAura
It has reminded me of the story of The Big Bad Wolf and 3 little pigs.
The straw house (no precautions) and the stick house (vax only) were convenient, easier, but not using known best practices so when the wolf came huffing and puffing they were blown down. Only the brick house built with best practices of mask, vax, and distance keeps the pigs alive and the wolf's huffing and puffing at bay.
#parable #sermon #masks #covidisNotOver #wisdom #story #covid #covid19 #WearAMask
Surprise plant pickup day at school? No problem!
#CargoBike #EBike #carryshitolympics #BikeTooter #Masks
From @gbhnews, #Disability advocates and #doctors call for keeping #masks in #Massachusetts hospitals after #Covid emergency ends. https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/04/05/disability-advocates-and-physicians-call-for-required-masking-in-hospitals-health-facilities
How you can tell masks help you and everyone you know get COVID less frequently. Getting COVID less often means being more healthy now and in the future.
#CovidAwarenessWeek #BringBackMasks #NotMild #LongCovid #CovidIsntOver #COVID #masks #masking
Masks help make everyone healthier. 😷
#CovidAwarenessWeek #BringBackMasks #NotMild #LongCovid #CovidIsntOver #COVID #masks #masking
Can anyone recommend a #dentist in the #Boston area who is still requiring #masking.
My current dentist thinks "everyone is vaccinated" is sufficient. The receptionist was surprised I called to ask about #covid protocols.
She also said the office staff would put on masks if I asked them to. If I have to ask for masks, that means people weren't masking before I got there.
Does anyone with a larger nose have a favorite elastomeric respirator? We're trying to move from disposable to reusable and the breathe 2 was not a slam dunk for the whole family (but was for some of us) #covid #masks #MasksWorkIfYouWearThem
Wow. Cochrane revises THAT mask study.
Reality: "....the results were inconclusive."
"...scientific evidence is never immune to misinterpretation, we take responsibility for not making the wording clearer..."
"...we apologize.”
FYI. Via Ben Collins:
I hear so many people out there saying "the #masks did not work" now based on this one misrepresented study that contradicted years of research to the contrary.
zeynep tufekci:
NEWS: Cochrane says lead author of a mask review misrepresented its findings, apologizes for summary statement that was imprecise and says they will update it.
They say their review did NOT find masks don't work.
Plus, I examine the actual evidence. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/10/opinion/masks-work-cochrane-study.html
Today was the funeral service for #JudithHeumann, the activist aptly named as the “mother of the #DisabilityRights movement.” Judith firmly believed that there was no aspect of American life that should be inaccessible to any person who wished to be a part of it.
The policy at the in-person service this morning was “#masks are optional, but encouraged.”
This cavalier and senseless policy at an event w/so many sick & disabled attendees is a dagger to the heart of Judith’s life’s work.
As a person with an autoimmune disorder—and with immunocompromised friends—I am NOT PLEASED that the Oregon Health Authority is lifting mask requirements at hospitals, dentist offices, and other health care facilities come April.
Q. What was the origin of the #pandemic?
A. The origin of the pandemic was:
- governments and medical professionals lying to the public about how Covid spread (#CovidIsAirborne by #aerosols) and refusing to tell anyone how to protect themselves (#N95 #N99 #FFP3 #P100 #P3 #elastomeric #respirator #masks, #HEPA filters, #CleanTheAir)
- and talking nonsense about handwashing instead
The origin of the virus is irrelevant.
HEPA filters and P100 respirator masks would have prevented the PANDEMIC.
A well written article on the Cochrane Review circulating about mask effectiveness. More and more this review seems highly flawed.
#Masks #COVID19 #scicomm #science #medmastodon #Canada #Saskatchewan
Been wondering whether that Cochrane paper on masks means "masks are useless," like many many people keep saying? Wonder no longer: the answer is MASKS ARE EFFECTIVE AND YOU SHOULD WEAR ONE. Breakdown of what's wrong with the Cochrane paper in this video.
#masks #masking #WearAMask #CovidIsAirborne #Covid
https://youtu.be/o15rOAUHmyQ
Thanks that is a really informative article. The distinction between personal protection and population wasn't at all obvious so it's great to see it drawn out.
I'm not surprised that NYT promotes disingenuous and incorrect information on this subject as it does on others.