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MaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · Aug 17
The Layered Approach recognizes that certain strategies might not be accessible or feasible for everyone. More tools provide more options and protection.
—Check out the 14 strategies in our #LongCOVID Defense Guide on #MaskTogetherAmerica’s website: masktogetheramerica.org/layered-char...
Long COVID Defense Guidance The Swiss Cheese Layered Approach recognizes that certain strategies might not be accessible or feasible for everyone. More tools provide more options and protection.    Visual: The virus emoji represents SARS-CoV-2. A slice of Swiss Cheese represents a preventative measure A mouse represents a misinformation spreader There are 14 strategies in our Long COVID Defense Guide, depicted by 14 slices of Swiss Cheese, invaded by mice and viruses: 1.  Check Wastewater Viral Activity Levels in Your Community 2. Wear High-Quality Masks 3. Go Virtual 4. Increase Ventilation + Filtration — Move Events Outdoors with Precautions 5. Isolate + Test When Exposed 6. Isolate + Test When Symptoms Present  7. Stay Up to Date with Vaccines 8. If Infected — Seek Early Treatment and Care 9. Rest, Pause Exercise, Pace Yourself 10. Test Negative Twice 48 hours Apart Before Leaving Isolation 11. Self-Diagnosis for Long COVID 12. Seek Diagnosis and Care From Long COVID Clinics 13. Find Community Support 14. Take Precautions to Prevent Reinfection Read on our website: https://bit.ly/MTA_LCDefenseGuide
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🚨CDC estimates show at >7.5M cases, >81K hospitalizations, 3,100 deaths (incl 8 kids) from flu so far this season.

⚠️Get a flu shot. Avoid crowds. Wear a tight fitting N95 respirator. Stay home when having symptoms. Taking precautions protects each other. #MaskTogetherAmerica
Visual: A U.S. map showing 2025-26 Influenza Season Week 51 ending Dec 20, 2025 Title: The CDC estimates that there have been at least 7,500,000 cases, 81,000 hospitalizations, and 3,100 deaths (including 8 kids) from flu this season. (The U.S. map above shows respiratory illness activity levels including those for flu, RSV and COVID.)   Other called-out from CDC Flu View: https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/surveillance/2025-week-51.html includes:   —    25.6% (Trend 🔺) positive for influenza in clinical lab this week —    NHSN Hospital Respiratory Data shows 19,053 (Trend 🔺) patients admitted to hospitals with influenza this week. —    ⚠️5 influenza-associated pediatric deaths occurring during the 2025-26 season were reported in the week ending Dec 20, 2025
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Glad to join these incredible speakers to talk about #LongCOVID and what we’ve learned from reporting on it @thesicktimes.org! 😷🙏🏼
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LC Defense Series II, Jan 15, 2026, 5pm-8pm EST features:
🌟Sinéad O'Brien, co-founder @cleanairie.bsky.social
🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @yalemedicine.bsky.social
🌟Betsy Ladyzhets & 🌟Miles W. Griffis, co-founders @thesicktimes.org
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Long COVID Defense Series II, Jan 15, 2026, 5:00pm-8:00pm EST features: 🌟Sinéad O'Brien (@SineBrien), co-founder, @cleanairie 🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@Akiko_Iwasaki) 🌟Betsy Ladyzhets & 🌟Miles W. Griffis, co-founders and editors, The Sick Times (@thesicktimes) Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AYFz03zHTB2DksVRNr4W4A#/registration Visual: 4 Masked Selfies of our speakers in frames thar says “MaskTogetherAmerica” and “Support Long Haulers”.
January 2, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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LC Defense Series II, Jan 15, 2026, 5pm-8pm EST features:
🌟Sinéad O'Brien, co-founder @cleanairie.bsky.social
🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @yalemedicine.bsky.social
🌟Betsy Ladyzhets & 🌟Miles W. Griffis, co-founders @thesicktimes.org
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Long COVID Defense Series II, Jan 15, 2026, 5:00pm-8:00pm EST features: 🌟Sinéad O'Brien (@SineBrien), co-founder, @cleanairie 🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki (@Akiko_Iwasaki) 🌟Betsy Ladyzhets & 🌟Miles W. Griffis, co-founders and editors, The Sick Times (@thesicktimes) Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AYFz03zHTB2DksVRNr4W4A#/registration Visual: 4 Masked Selfies of our speakers in frames thar says “MaskTogetherAmerica” and “Support Long Haulers”.
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Hold onto our love and stay strong together in 2026! We are #OneOfTheTwo: Breathe Easy London and #MaskTogetherAmerica social groups who believe that prevention is an act of love and responsibility.
#HappyNewYear
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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UN-Infectious Love
Documentary Photography by Julie Lam @msjulieslam.bsky.social #MaskTogetherAmerica - finding love everywhere… #OneOfTheTwo 💛😷
A masked couple, wearing their duckbill N95 respirators on the Elizabeth subway line, gave Julie Lam permission to photograph them to support her quest to show people wearing their masks for health protection- a great photo to say goodbye to 2025.
December 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A mask is a good barrier to sickness but won’t stop anyone from having a good time in role-playing games and you can see that in this feature of @makeascenemn.bsky.social on #MaskTogetherAmerica platforms. We love supporting our caring community! 💛😷

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December 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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🚨Flu is surging across the US!
“The CDC estimates there have been at least 7.5 million illnesses, 81K hospitalizations and 3,100 deaths from flu so far this season. 5 more pediatric deaths were reported this week, bringing the total to eight this season.”⚠️😷
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For the holiday season, Dr. Omer Awan, @forbes.com senior medical contributor is reporting on the circulating viruses and how to keep everyone healthy despite lack of warnings from U.S. Gov’t. For more updates, subscribe to www.youtube.com/@AwanRad
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December 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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“Masking up this winter is more important than ever with more of the population now at risk thanks to COVID decimating their immune systems.” @ScarletStitch.bsky.social interviewed by @MsJulieSLam.bsky.social #MaskTogetherAmerica
December 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Tested and masked up before seeing friends from Breathe Easy London 💗😷 @togetherwemask.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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At the #MaskTogetherAmerica Long COVID Defense Series I, Dr. Angelique Corthals ( @drcorthals.bsky.social ) spoke about the urgent need to allow patients at all stages and severities to be identified and included in #LongCOVID research.
December 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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“An infection can change your life. I have rheumatic heart disease; my heart was damaged due to an autoimmune inflammatory response following a strep infection…” Cameron was interviewed by @msjulieslam.bsky.social at a mask-required Breathe Easy London event to support #MaskTogetherAmerica.
Cameron, wearing a HY FFP3, in front of a wall that was labeled with a sticker that says, “Danger, High Voltage,” posed for Julie Lam who initiated the MaskTogetherAmerica Documentary project.
December 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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There are many IAQ (indoor air quality) experts on Bluesky. Please seek out and follow the experts.
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Join us to give a shoutout to @crfoundationus.bsky.social for mobilizing volunteers to help LA residents deal with #WildFireSmoke by building/donating CR boxes.
On 2/7, @lieslmcconchie.bsky.social & Dr. @corsiaq.bsky.social will join our Q&A forum on #CleanAir as a vital tool to prevent sickness.
December 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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✈️ to UK on Christmas Day 🎄😷
Wish me luck! 🍀 @togetherwemask.bsky.social
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December 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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“As far as I know, I've never had COVID, despite some pretty massive exposures. I mask up because I don't want to push my luck. I also want to protect the people I love, and because it would be inconsistent with my values to do otherwise.” Melanie Schlosser is holding a zine she made about masking.🧵
Melanie is wearing a Dr Puri KF94 that's their go-to mask for low-risk situation. She said she wore a 3M Aura at higher-risk settings. She is holding a zine she made about masking! You can see the full zine in a post from last January on their instagram account. She is happy to share a printable pdf of “5 reasons to mask in 2025” with anyone who wants it.
December 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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“It was hilarious how grumpy #Santa was in this picture!”— Ruth Sitts who had the updated shots, encourages everyone to support #MaskTogetherAmerica
Many different viruses, including scary COVlD & #H3N2 (subclade K) flu, are spreading this winter, do what you can. #HappyHolidays
Ruth is double masking with a plaid cloth mask over a black KN95, dressed up as Santa Lady, standing next to maskless Santa Claus in front of a Christmas tree.
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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“Happy to report that one week after traveling on an 11 hr flight to visit my elderly grandparents during a bad flu season, our masks kept us safe and helped us avoid spreading any airborne viruses to them, and we are able to enjoy Christmas together!”—Sinead O’Brien, @cleanairie.bsky.social
At an airport, Sinead and her husband were wearing BNX N95 respirators and their daughter was wearing a flomask.
December 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Damages from COVID to our immune system can make way for coinfection and reactivation of latent infections and lead to #LongCOVID 🧵
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Sharing an Independent article: New study reveals hidden infections could fuel Long COVlD | Long COVlD affects about 400 million people around the world, but still the underlying cause is unknown By Rebecca Whittaker (https://bit.ly/COINFECTION) Layered on top of the article is a quote and a graph titled “Time Course of SARS-CoV-2 and Coinfection.” The graphic shows “Potential temporal relationships between SARS-CoV-2 and co-infections. Various co-infections occurring at various times relative to the acute SARS-CoV-2 infection may predispose to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) or modulate the course of PASC.”   The quote says, “A review published in the journal eLife by 17 experts, suggests infections that were acquired before or during COVlD may be to blame for the persistent symptoms.” Source: eLife article: “The role of co-infection in the pathogenesis of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and development of post-acute sequelae: A perspective” (https://elifesciences.org/articles/106308 ) 
December 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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COVID is 76% deadlier than influenza! A population-based study in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases revealed that the mortality rate is 12.5-fold higher for patients with COVID vs. patients with flu, despite availability of both immunizations. @CIDRAP.bsky.social reports.
“Study finds that despite broad COVID va_cine availability, COVID still deadlier than flu in hospitalized patients” By Laine Bergeson https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-finds-despite-broad-covid-vaccine-availability-covid-still-deadlier-flu-hospitalized “COVID-19 shows 76% higher 30-day mortality odds than influenza.” (International Journal of Infectious Diseases) Source: Article in International Journal of Infectious Diseases: “Increased 30-day Mortality Risk in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Compared to Seasonal Influenza” by Won Suk Choi, Kyoung-Hoon Kim, Dong-Sook Kim, Seo-Hyun Lee, Ji-Eun An, Su-Yeon Yu https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(25)00515-6/fulltext
December 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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"Long COVID has created a new era of our understanding of public health. As a queer person, the HIV/AIDS pandemic comes to mind: our understanding of what's necessary to keep everyone safe has changed in light of a uniquely deadly and disabling virus.”—DJ Abby of 89.3fm and WPFWfm.org
DJ Abby, wearing a duckbill N95 respirator, a white vest over a snake-skin-patterned long sleeves top, posed for a selfie to support MaskTogetherAmerica's educational campaign.
December 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Dr. @EricTopol.bsky.social wrote about the subsequent risk of developing autoimmune disorders after COVID in 2023, and he just published in Ground Truths an article on treatments and cures for these horrible chronic illnesses—by “exploiting lessons from Cancer’s Mirror Biology.” #LongCOVID
A collage of two graphics that depict two different Ground Truths articles by Dr. Eric Topol on autoimmune diseases. The article on the left is Topol’s article named “The Exhilirating Movement From Treatment to Cures for Autoimmune Diseases”—which has an image of engineered T cells. On top of it is another image showing a human anatomy with call-outs for autoimmune and rheumatic manifestations that can be triggered by COVlD affecting different organ systems and body parts. Under the image is the title of Topol’s substack article: “The heightened risk of autoimmune diseases after COVlD” that was published in 2023.   Source: “The Exhilirating Movement From Treatment to Cures for Autoimmune Diseases” https://open.substack.com/pub/erictopol/p/the-exhilirating-movement-from-treatment?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web   “The heightened risk of autoimmune diseases after COVlD” https://erictopol.substack.com/p/the-heightened-risk-of-autoimmune
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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“I mask to protect myself and to avoid being a part of the infection chain that takes another person's life, knowing that asymptomatic infection is incredibly common."—Venus Justice nearly lost their life to COVID near the end of 2021.

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Venus is wearing a N95 respirator, a gold chain with a gold pendant, and a brown sweater. 
December 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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“Hey! I’m traveling to a meeting for my company…as always with FFP2. I also tested myself for COVID in the morning and suggested that my colleagues do the same, and they did! Currently, COVID, flu and RSV are on the rise in Germany.”—Sebastian K on a train. #MaskTogetherAmerica
Sebastian is wearing a KINGFA CEO598 FFP2 on a train.
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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The subsequent consequences of COVID, in terms of Long COVID, is much more significant than it is for influenza.” Dr. Thomas A. Russo warns about “Stratus” in Prevention Mag. “You can’t count on avoiding severe illness,” even if you’re not in the high-risk group.
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Doctors Say COVID Symptoms Are Changing—Here’s What to Watch for With the New Variant
Infectious disease physicians weigh in on the latest strain.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Our manual, developed with support from expert clinicians and researchers at CoRE & valued partners, is now available on the HHSGov website under "Living Evidence Guidelines" for #chronicLyme. It also details clinical guidelines for #mecfs, #longcovid, #hEDS and more! 🙏🏻

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December 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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A tight fitting N95 respirator provides good protection against airborne transmission and infection. It’s also critical to stay home when having symptoms. Taking precautions protects each other. 💛😷 #MaskTogetherAmerica
Julie Lam, founder of MaskTogetherAmerica, mask up at her PT appointment, wearing a fitting N95 respirator.
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM