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"It would be unthinkable for urban firefighters — those American icons who loom large in the public imagination — to enter a burning building without wearing a mask. But across the country, tens of thousands of people who fight wildfires spend weeks working in toxic smoke and ash wearing only a cloth bandanna, or nothing at all."

nytimes.com/2025/08/17/us/wild

The New York Times · Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and DyingBy Hannah Dreier
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regarding mask distribution. so far our distribution efforts have been restricted to sharing knowledge about where to buy good masks / respirators, and sometimes distributing masks (that later turned out to be crap, and we somehow regretted distributed them for free).

does anyone here have experience with founding a #maskBloc? one big problem is that we just don't know people, and a lot of people that we know physially are in the Don't Care team, unfortunately :neobot_pensive:

We still have a large number of N-95/KN95 masks at home, but we've been through half of our stash (both of us still mask regularly). Time to stock up before their sale is banned in the US (with this federal government it wouldn't shock me).

#Covid cases are rising rapidly as #schools reopen for the new #school year. Since the #Biden & #Trump regimes have dismantled public #health, we have to protect ourselves - consider wearing #N95 high quality #masks in public again & get #vaccines up to date:
theguardian.com/world/2025/aug

The Guardian · Covid cases rising in US as officials plan to restrict booster vaccinesBy Melody Schreiber