Please keep wearing masks, encouraging ventilation and air filtration, and otherwise making smart choices. #COViD19 is back up in a big way, with a new wave. But a new booster is also on the way. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/08/what-to-know-about-the-new-covid-mini-wave.html

#COVIDIsReal #news #health

My info:

I #WearAMask on public transit, planes/in airports and on rideshares.
At work: Except in my private office. Most people mask around me and we all mask at the @TexasObserver monthly meetings. I've also occasionally gone without in sparse indoor situations where I was interviewing someone.
Shopping: Always. Forgot it once recently in Walmart and felt so exposed.

As temps have climbed way above 100 in #Texas, I've started very occasionally eating indoors without one, but I am still masking otherwise, including OMW to the table and usually before my food comes.

I typically don't outdoors except in a crowded setting or protest.

#COVIDIsReal

@morgfair
Our governments are not doing anything anymore. They've given up on and are no longer enforcing health protocols to protect the elderly and vulnerables. It's up to us to protect them and ourselves!

#CovidIsReal
#CovidIsNotOver
#COVIDisAirborne

@caycepollard @longcovid
I'm immuno compromised. I was successfully able to avoid covid for more than 2 years. But 2 vaccines, a booster and bivalent later, I got hit last July! They said it's mild & will last a few days only. I was bed ridden for 15 days, almost went to the hospital. More than half a year later I get short of breath after a short walk and tire easily. They said it may take me a year to fully recover.
#COVID19
#CovidIsReal
#LongCovidDisabilty
#LongCovidisReal
#MaskUp

This makes me sad on a really weird level I hadn't previously realized existed.

#covidisnotover #covidisreal

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@enirenberg
At last we are getting it straight, the way real scientists say when the cameras are off and the idiots have left the room. #notsarcasm
#covidisreal #AndrewWakefieldisaCriminal
#RFKJrisaDisgrace

@taylorlorenz

There's no search function for free text. So you need to whack some # on.

#DeathPanelPodcast #Libs #Liberals #Democrats #LibsKilledMasks
#COVID19 #COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisReal #TaylorLorenz #Mask #MaskUp

Would be what I'd go with. I think it's important to curate and spread awareness of this.

@SexyCyborg

Bearing in mind that Mastodon has no text search function and assuming that you'd like people to see this, I might suggest curating it with the following:

#COVIDisReal #COVIDisAirborne #SnotCannon #Dyson #DysonRespirator #WearableHEPAfilter
#HEPA #NaomiWu #SexyCyborg

Thankyou for keeping us up to date on Mastodon. Very much appreciated! If this curation is annoying, let me know and I'll delete!

Anyone still isolating? I need quarantine buddies. #CovidIsReal #CovidIsntOver

Right, off to get my bivalent booster and flu shot while wearing my 95! I can say that here cuz... SCIENCE is welcome! LOL (It may take a while to get used to this!) #CovidIsReal #CovidIsNotOver #MasksWork #CovidVaccinationsFTW

... and for that matter #CovidIsReal and #StillMasking although I can't think of really great hashtags for those...