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keep masks in healthcare 😷
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Healthcare is a basic human right.

Disabled people shouldn’t have to “prove they matter” to access care.

Failing to provide basic care to everyone only creates more sickness and disability.

You want to make a population healthier?

Give them medical care.
July 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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I keep encountering left-of-center folks who have confused rejecting oppression with rejecting discomfort.

You’re not being oppressed when asked to boycott, wear an n95, use alt text, unpack biases, be thoughtful with words, &c.

Discomfort & inconvenience are part of community, growth, & justice.
July 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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We live in a world where a man found liable for sexual assault and convicted of 34 felonies can be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

He’s sent the military into the streets of LA.

He’s got ICE terrorizing & kidnapping immigrants.

He’s about to strip people of their healthcare.

Peace? No.
July 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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“You don’t need to wear a mask anymore”

“You seem anxious about Covid”

“You’re not going to get Covid here”

“Take off the mask so you can breathe easier”

“Covid is over”

Masks should be normalized in healthcare.

Instead patients have to fight for basic infection control 🧵
June 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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If studies and long articles are TL;DR, here are a bunch of zines that distill info about masking, ventilation, and Covid impacts in a casual, engaging format

https://covidsafescouts.com/research.html#zines

#CovidIsNotOver
January 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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This is amazing, let’s go! Blue states are fighting back against Trump’s threats to withhold funding by introducing bills that give the federal government a taste of its own medicine.
June 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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If you’re working with Long Covid patients, it should be a bare minimum requirement that you wear a respirator.

These folks were disabled by Covid. They’re coming to you for help.

They shouldn’t have to risk reinfection with the virus that destroyed their health.
June 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Interesting.
April 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The “only the vulnerable are at risk” narrative was a carefully crafted PR move.

It was a comfortable lie to prop up the economy and get people back to work & spending money.

It also conditioned people to accept eugenics and fascism. To treat their fellow human being as an acceptable loss.
May 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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When someone dies of a disease like Covid or measles, the first question is often “did they have any pre-existing conditions?”

People want to blame the victim. They want to believe they were vulnerable & therefore expendable.

No one is expendable. Demand better from governments & public health.
May 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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It’s an act of radical hope, moral courage, and of true commitment to community care and collective liberation.

For anyone who wants to grow in this direction, mask blocs are a great place to start getting involved and a great place to get and give mutual aid:
March 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Yes I do 😷
“I mask & take COVID prevention seriously. There're at least 4 airborne diseases spreading right now, and toxic air from wildfires here in LA. Masking is the easiest and most effective way to keep everyone safe.”— @brookeobie.bsky.social Author of Book of Addis: Cradled Embers. #MaskTogetherAmerica
March 3, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Everyone who stopped taking COVID seriously fell for propaganda that wanted them to abandon science, justice, & anyone deemed undesirable.

If that’s you, commit to doing better now. Put on an n95 & follow the lead of organizers who were savvy enough to never take theirs off.

Give/get mutual aid:
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
maskbloc.org
January 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Why do many disabled people urge you to wear a mask? Because we know how the system works. Viruses can disable you and once you become disabled, doctors won't listen to you, you'll have to fight to receive any assistance, and you'll get denied over and over again. We want you to mask to spare that.
January 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Again for those in the back: THE MORE OF US WHO WEAR MASKS IN PUBLIC PLACES, THE EASIER IT IS TO NORMALIZE THEM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH TOOL.
Indiana joins North Carolina, Nassau County and countless other parts of the US in attempting to ban masks.

The Governor of New York and Mayor of New York City are also in favour of bans.

Please, mask up. The more of us wearing them, the easier it is to normalize them as a public health tool
Indiana Republicans are all about that personal freedom. 🙄
January 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Never forget for many people lockdowns NEVER ended. We’re still isolated - only now we’re shunned and mocked and told it’s a “choice”.

When you are trying to maintain a baseline and no one will make public spaces safe for you - it’s not a choice

We’ve been excluded & forgotten.

Wear a mask.
January 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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I’m so confused. If we all die from preventable communicable diseases and pathogens, how are the kabillionaires going to earn their money?
January 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
If the working class dies from preventable respiratory illnesses and their impacts, who will wash the cybertrucks for the oligarchs? 🪦 #oligarchy #thisisamerica
January 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Need masks for respiratory protection and can't afford them? This is where your local Mask Bloc comes in. Here are links to two worldwide directories to find a Mask Bloc near you and request free PPE, volunteer, or donate. #MaskUp #MasksWork #WearAMask
1) maskbloc.org
2) covidactionmap.org
January 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So everyone is just raw-doggin air with randos in a quad-emic? No thanks. #maskup #quademic
January 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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The passport page about changing your gender marker is now down.

I'm expecting trans people's passports to be a major battleground of this administration.

travel.state.gov/content/trav...
travel.state.gov
January 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Literally just lie about your birth sex they can’t prove otherwise unless they rip your pants down.

LIE TO THE GOVERNMENT
January 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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all these ✨fire aid benefit concerts✨ & not a single one—promotors or artists—talk air quality. how are you to sing when the winds kick toxic debris of full neighborhoods back into the air? when an unmasked crowd infects &disables career-making voices with SARS2?
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
January 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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January 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM