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The WHY WE MASK free download pack includes b&w PDFs you can print at home, on a photocopier, or even a fancy risograph. Files come in both US letter & A4 sizes. Any donations cover me & my partner/editor Kimball
printing/shipping out free copies ourselves.

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‘WHY WE MASK: IT’S NOT ‘JUST A COLD’’ in bubble letters with the subtitle underneath saying ‘A Handy Scientific Guide To Surviving COVID-19 Together’. At the bottom of the page, a cute drawing of a big headed person with cat’s eye glasses. She looks nervous and sweat is flying off her, filling the house shape she’s in. Outside, a large COVID-19 particle looms. Text below reads ‘featuring ME!’ Spiky viruses surround the text: ‘THE BASICS: COVID-19 is an illness caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, and mainly spreads through the air.’ An endnote is shown here as e1. ‘ A single infection, even one that seems ‘mild’, can cause severe damage throughout your body. What’s worse, each new infection risks new damage to your brain, immune system, lungs, heart, and more, and can add up to permanent disabilities or death. e2 Right now, at least 75% of all adults e3 (and 30% of children e4) are at a high risk for catching severe infections that could hospitalize or even kill us. And if you have EVER had COVID-19, even once, YOU are now officially high risk too.’ It says ‘THE VIRUS’ and explains that SARS means ‘Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome’, COV is ‘Corona Virus (crown-shaped, round with spikes)’, & 2 is ‘similar to 2002-2003 SARS-CoV outbreak’. It says ‘THE ILLNESS’ beside a curly-haired sniffly person. The word COVID-19 splits into ‘corona’, ‘virus’, ‘disease’, & ‘discovered in 2019’. Large hand-drawn text reads ‘COVID-19 is an AIRBORNE ILLNESS e5’ over that same curly haired character from the last page sneezing with a big ‘KACHOO!’ It says ‘Respiratory Particles as we see a large billow of mist labeled ‘invisible aerosols’, goop labeled ‘snot &spit (too big to be particles)’, and falling circles labeled ‘visible droplets’. A measurement in meters is below, showing larger droplets dropping in the first couple meters and the more misty particles continuing to 6 meters. In a box below, text reads ‘ It spreads when infected people exhale clouds of mostly invisible RESPIRATORY PARTICLES carrying hidden viruses. RPs are the tiny drops of fluid that shoot out of our mouths whenever we cough, sneeze, talk, or even breathe. If you’re infected and contagious, you can breathe out enough virus to infect others in just 20 seconds! e6 And in places with no fresh air or ventilation, the tiniest RPs can float around like smoke for HOURS. e7,e8’ A cloud of particles, with a large one labeled ‘DROPLETS…are barely visible globs that slowly drift to the ground. Too big to inhale.’ A small dot says ‘AEROSOLS...are blobs that are so light they can float. Mostly too small to see.’ Big text asks ‘What’s inside a respiratory particle?’ as a cute Laurel magnifies a speck to show SARS-COV-2 inside. The particle grows larger, revealing dots of ‘dust’ & squiggly ‘mucus’. Text explains ‘RPs form out of the fluids that naturally line your lungs, throat, & mouth, including sticky mucus. They also pick up junk like dust, bacteria, & viruses like SARS-CoV-2 e9. AEROSOLS, the smallest type of RPs, are actually the most dangerous. We all need to breathe, & they’re hiding in the air all around us! While heavy DROPLETS fall fast & smash into things in seconds, aerosols can drift invisibly for hours until inhaled by someone new. That means more of their viral passengers survive the trip through the air to infect you. e10, e11’
May 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM