“All of these precautions have kept me safe. In contrast, almost all my colleagues have had COVID at least once—some multiple times. Some even have Long COVID.”

Mitigations work! Repeat infections are not inevitable.

Grateful to the HCWs still masking & protecting themselves and their patients

https://whn.global/why-i-still-wear-an-n95-a-doctors-perspective/

Jeff Bridges opens up about his battle with Covid/Long Covid, and states he thinks he got the virus in a healthcare setting where he was receiving chemo for cancer.

If the rich & famous can’t get healthcare workers to mask… what chance do the rest of us have?

Masks in healthcare now!

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/entertainment/jeff-bridges-cancer-covid-update-wellness

Ich war gestern aus Gründen bei Penny. Ich gehe weiterhin sehr selten einkaufen.

Gestern erschrak ich, als eine Mitarbeiterin neben mir sagte "Haben wir noch Corona?"

Sie sprach ins Headset. Sie meinte Bier im Lager. Offenbar ist Corona gerade im Angebot.

Aber eine lange Schrecksekunde dachte ich, einen weiteren Laden gefunden zu haben, in den ich nicht mehr gehe.

Grüße an Euch #CovidCautious Hearties!

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Indoor CO2 map app!

“As of Today the indoorco2map.com App is out of beta and available as regular Version in the Android and Apple app store. This is a big milestone, yet only still the beginning of a long road ahead to put indoor air quality both figuratively and literally on the map. Thanks a lot to all testers!”

From:
https://bsky.app/profile/aurel.indoorco2map.com/post/3lnsie5ndcc2g

Sorry, a link to Bluesky, but too important not to share

Two things about this interview with Jeffrey Tumlin:

1. Shifting to headway management was a good move, but #COVIDisAirborne and he's still patting himself on the back for disinfecting surfaces?

2. Souns like he's known for years that Muni's garages were going to stop bringing in enough revenue, but there's still no plan to redevelop them into housing?

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/muni-jeffrey-tumlin-robotaxi-19998692.php

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#AdviceWanted

I have been making these little pins for friends and to share at masks-required events. I thought I'd throw the files up on AirSalon.ca as a free printable.

But there are dozens of different ones and I'm not sure of the best way to lay out the printable pages of 48. Nobody needs 48 of each kind. Do they need one of each? Three of each? Different themed sets like family-friendly or queer-focused? No pages, just individual button files?

The other new listings today are a bunch of lovely patios in Saanich and the Peninsula. Find a fresh air table at a farm, a botanical garden, a ciderhouse, or in town. Maybe a fun destination for the weekend?

https://www.airsalon.ca/resource-directory/

Between wildfires (my family had to evacuate for two days two months ago), #covid (still killing and disabling folk!) . . . what do they have in common?

Well, #N95 #mask s help!

Unfortunately, as the grifters in this administration strip our institutions for metaphorical copper wiring, #NIOSH , the org responsible for, among many things, certifying respirators and N95 masks, is being dismantled.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/06/trump-niosh-worker-safety-group

I've been happy buying from this family-owned business. I'm not affiliated with them, and this is not an affiliate link.

https://bonafidemasks.com/

This is a 25% off discount code: BFM25

In theory, blocking disability advocates & people who promote public health measures like masks and vaccines should disqualify you from public office

If you can’t engage in debate or others viewpoints, you aren’t qualified to lead anything

In the Trump regime? You get to be the vaccine head of FDA.

Get your boosters now while you still can, don’t trust Prasad to allow them to continue.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/health/fda-vinay-prasad-vaccines

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) becomes the latest casualty of Trump regime

They were close to finalizing guidelines for airborne infection control in hospitals, including the use of N95 masks.

Hospital acquired COVID has a 10% mortality rate. We’re seeing the worst measles outbreak in a decade. Drug resistant fungus is on the rise.

Cutting the people whose sole job was to reduce hospital acquired infections will just lead to more death, disability and healthcare worker attrition.

This isn’t how you eliminate the chronic disease epidemic, it’s how you eliminate the chronically ill.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-administration-shut-cdcs-infection-control-committee-rcna205209

Several New Cases Of The Contagious Viruses Have Been Reported Today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqasHD-CLho

Thanks to Bailey/Bane, Ley, and Ari for these tips on covid-cautious resources in yyj:

Masked bodywork appointments: a massage clinic, a myoactivation clinic, and a chiropractor

2 optometrists who see-a-mask-wear-a-mask, and an eyewear shop with masked staff

A photographer who does masked house calls

A medical clinic with better than average covid safety

https://airsalon.ca/resource-directory

I recently had a physician try to ‘not all doctors!’ me in response to a post I made about masking in healthcare.

They informed me that disabled people NEED doctors to fight fascism, combat vaccine misinformation and provide healthcare, so it’s wrong to call them out or ‘attack’ them.

First things first, I don’t attack doctors. I call out systemic issues within the healthcare system.

It took me years to be brave enough to speak out about my medical trauma. I was scared of retaliation.

The main reason I began speaking out? I recognize that I have significant privilege that isn’t afforded to everyone. By virtue of being cishet and white in a country with Universal healthcare, I have less difficulties engaging with the medical system compared to others.

Yet I’ve still suffered horrendous abuse. Preventable infections. Gaslighting. Delays in diagnosis. Misdiagnosis. Trauma.

The culture doesn’t change because we are bullied into silence. We are trained to take whatever we can get with a smile, and shut up about the rest.

I’m not being silent anymore.

I find a doctor demanding my silence in exchange for help fighting fascism or providing healthcare to be morally repugnant.

You can’t ‘not all doctors’ an issue like this. Patients are being harmed. They’re being disabled. Many have been killed.

We shouldn’t be coerced into silence just because we NEED medical care. That’s simply compounding the trauma.

I will keep speaking out. For those who can’t, for those who are no longer with us, for whose who come after me.

"We're living in a post-herd-immunity world" says the expert, surprising zero #CovidIsAirborne folks who have noted vaccination rates.

They happen to be specifically talking about Measles but it applies equally strongly to Influenza and COVID-19.,

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/measles-post-herd-immunity

There’s a lot of people who want to fight fascism yet won’t wear a mask

Fascism & eugenics go hand in hand. They’re coming for the disabled and chronically ill

Wearing a mask shows solidarity with disabled people, while also protecting your health so you’re better equipped for the fight

Mask up! Ideally an N95 or better.