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One of the best ways you can help disabled people and fight fascism is by wearing a mask.
Representation and visibility matter. When you wear a mask you tell us you care about making public spaces safe & accessible.
You also make it harder for mask bans to pass.
Mask up. We need you
Texas and New York are currently trying to enact mask bans, even as measles cases sore and politicians adopt eugenicist mindsets that say it’s our “patriotic duty” to remain healthy.
You know what helps people stay healthy? Wearing a mask.
Don’t let them say medical exemptions are the answer:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/nassau-county-ny-makes-masking-illegal
The Disabled Ginger · Nassau County, NY Makes Masking Illegal - Why Medical Exemptions Aren't the Answer
If you want to fight fascism, ableism and eugenics while also protecting your health… the best thing you can do is wear a well fitted mask like an N95
They’re excellent at stopping the spread of Covid & other airborne diseases
Unsure how to choose one? Want to learn about mask blocs & fit testing?
I wrote all about respirators in the article below:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/were-witnessing-the-fall-of-public
The Disabled Ginger · We’re Witnessing the Fall of Public Health… and Your Best Tool is a Mask
It’s bad enough we have healthcare workers refusing to mask, now one openly admits to practicing medicine while he has measles!
Does the HHS Secretary condemn this behaviour? No. He praises the doctor as an “extraordinary healer”.
Measles is airborne & wildly contagious. This doctor should lose his license. He almost certainly infected multiple patients.
Excellent article by @nicktsergas about Covid and immunity debt. He interviews many doctors and leading experts to explore whether repeat Covid infections are destroying our immune system.
We must keep reminding people that sarscov2 is a novel virus. It’s only been 5.5 years which is nothing in the lifespan of a brand new disease. We can’t possibly know its true long term implications, and we must have the humility to accept what we don’t know.
The rush “back to normal” and insistence that Covid is “mild” serves the ruling elite. It was shoved down our throat to keep end stage capitalism afloat, not because it was actually mild or over.
What can you do? Wear a mask. Ideally an N95 or better. Clean and ventilate the air. Donate and support local mask blocs. Stay home when you’re sick. Refuse to accept the narrative that anyone is expendable:
https://www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/04/06/is-covid-quietly-sabotaging-our-immune-systems/
CANADIAN AFFAIRS · Is COVID quietly sabotaging our immune systems?
The medical establishment is resistant to change.
Semmelweis, who discovered the benefits of hand washing for infection control, was fired & put in an insane asylum.
Folks, doctors included, will deny reality as long as possible.
Maskers need to stand strong, the tides will shift eventually.
zeroes.caNick Tsergas (@nicktsergas@zeroes.ca)In 1846, a doctor proved handwashing could save lives.
He was mocked by the medical establishment, lost his job, and was eventually committed to an asylum. Shortly after, he was beaten to death by attendants while trying to escape.
In some ways, medicine is still like this. See why 👇
https://canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/18/trumps-cronies-arent-what-broke-public-health
The measles outbreak in Ontario is impacting more than 800 people, including the vaccinated.
Among the fully vaccinated sick with measles, 20-39 year olds have the largest number of infections.
I would have assumed it would be older groups due to waning vaccine effectiveness… so this intrigues me.
More people with young children? More socializing? What’s the X factor? Are repeat Covid infections playing a role?
You can speak to your doctor about getting a titre check to see if you need a booster, and a well fitted respirator like an N95 provides an extra layer of protection!
A surprise work lunch appears. You don't *have* to go, but it's awkward if you don't. You have been wearing an #N95 at work for over a year.
#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask
Do you:
New hospital study: air purifiers cut airborne COVID by 98%. Rooms with HEPA ventilation had 0 virus detected. Clean air is essential public health infrastructure — not a luxury.
#COVIDisnotover #wearamask #cleantheair #itsnotoverjustbecauseyouareoverit
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021850225000643
“We’re trying to find the missing pieces that help people connect the dots and the intersectionalities of capitalism and this pandemic.”
New today in Deceleration: "Mask Blocs" help the sick, #disabled, and #COVID-conscious stay involved in their communities in #Texas, while raising awareness about why this needs to be a core issue for organizing on the Left. https://deceleration.news/texas-mask-blocs-covid-19-federal-and-state-attacks/
Hi, I'm Bun, your local #trans, #fat, #nerdy, #depressed, #AuDHD, #disabled queer! I frequently run and boost mutual aid campaigns for others, but I occasionally request help for myself as well. I also love #cats (I’m #TNR certified).
Here on Fedi I post/boost what interests me, or what feels important. I believe in #FreePalestine, #LandBack, #BLM, #WearAMask, and a whole lot more that won’t fit in this #intro. I do my best to act in a way consistent with my politics.
Huge cuts at NIOSH mean that those who reply on respirators to keep themselves safe will have less protection. This impacts firefighters, miners, healthcare workers and all manner of industries.
It’s also devastating to the disability community.
“You do you” Covid policies left many of us with N95s as our main line of defence against repeat infection.
Respirators make public spaces accessible. They allow us to attend healthcare appointments without forced infection.
Cutting the people who ensure their quality will endanger disabled lives.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/health/cdc-niosh-cuts-safety/index.html
CNN · ‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts
People refer to Covid in the past tense because they WANT it to be over… not because it actually IS over.
We’ve all suffered a collective trauma, and most people are refusing to process or deal with it.
A few key points people are determined to “forget”:
“During Covid” is now.
“During the pandemic” is now.
Covid is not over.
Covid IS airborne.
Masks, especially well fitted N95s, offer excellent protection
Anyone can get Long Covid, and your risk increases with each infection.
Even if your initial infection was “mild”, you could have long term damage to your vascular system, immune system, lungs and brain.
Repeat infections are NOT inevitable.
We CAN beat the pandemic together. But it involves collective effort. It involves acknowledging we’re still in a pandemic and “you do you” isn’t working. It involves caring about the air we share, and being willing to adapt.
Let’s make 2025 the year we can actually begin putting Covid in the past!
long. ranting. if you think this is about you and not just a critique it probably is.
just a reminder that not everyone you see not wearing a mask is an asshole. yes, #WearAMask because #CovidIsNotOver is great and the by and large incentive for everyone.
but not all #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic people can do enough densensitisation and exposure therapy and graduated trials to be able to get to the point of wearing a mask. other diagnoses too, certain individuals with PTSD (which I also have). there are, what I am saying, legitimate reasons to not be able to wear a mask.
I was able to adjust to a gaiter during the beginning of the pandemic, when anything was better than nothing. it didn't put pressure on my nose and it wasn't tight over my face. alas, those aren't actually sufcicient.
I can tolerate a paper surgical mask for about 10 to 15 minutes before I'm incredibly distressed, overwhelmed, and going into either meltdown or shutdown depending upon the day.
I can wear a KN95 mask for about five minutes and it still requires me to be medicated with Xanax in order to tolerate the sensation on my face and the trauma memories from last… everything overwhelms me and I end up dissociated. my best I've done with a KN95 is about half an hour or so. with Xanax.
I've tried so hard to mask.
and while I'm in recovery and remission from polysubstance use disorder, Xanax is not the solution. it's a good tool and I'm glad I have it available, and I'm not making up excuses to use it with this, making just really is that much hell for me.
so take your judgment and shove it back down your throat, or up your ass, or get the fuck away from me because your solutions leave me and mine and people in my situation as acceptable casualties, when in fact wear a mask is meant to protect people like me if enough of the sheeple would actually do it.
in order to have success in your exhortations you need to be a little bit more careful about what your messaging actually is, and who you're targeting, and who is going to actually see it and be impacted by it.
I still go to the absolute farthest place from people who aren't masking. I don't go anywhere if I'm actively sick but Gxd only knows how many times I've actually had COVID since half of the confirmed tests were because I had something I was going to and wanted to exercise precautions; I got it without it being immediately symptomatic.
and I've got long COVID from 3 (or more) asymptomatic infections and one pretty nasty round through it last October. I know the consequences of not masking.
but what I don't have is the economic privilege to stay home. my spouse is disabled too. we need food. we need to go to appointments, and due to medical needs and hearing loss. I need to do things at school. I need to do things with the department of rehabilitation.
so shove your trite bullshit where the sun don't shine.
New study shows that COVID may damage your immune system for a year post infection.
This is the problem with ignoring a pandemic in favour of a “you do you” approach.
There’s so much Covid that most people get it at least once per year. Their immune systems don’t have time to recover before they become infected again.
Disability advocates have been screaming about this for years. We beg people to mask up for their own protection and to make public spaces safer and more accessible for us.
We don’t yet know what the long term prognosis will be after 5, 10 or 15+ infections.
Wear a mask. Clean and ventilate the air. Do your part to minimize the spread.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-may-put-patients-risk-other-infections-least-1-year
CIDRAPCOVID-19 may put patients at risk for other infections for at least 1 year
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(he/they) Si eres antiimperialista y no usas mascarilla: estás traicionando tus principios. Las personas discapacitadas llevan avisando tiempo. el COVID no se va porque se le ignore. Estamos ante un evento que sigue matando y discapacitando. Tus camaradas discapacitados te lo estamos avisando. Nos necesitamos.
#MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidRealist #CovidIsAirbone
