Anecdata: when my bus let out at Harvard this morning, there were 6 of us in the back and four of us were wearing masks (3 (k)n95-style, 1 seemingly thick reusable).
#COVIDIsNotOver #Masking

My kid told me that other students have been asking her why she's still #masking at school. So I showed her this, and then we sat down to pick colors for her next #mask order.

#COVID19 #wastewater #CovidIsNotOver

the amount of energy it takes to just move while dissociating is insane, and moving just for the sake of masking is exhausting
#energy #move #dissociating #insane #mask #masking #exhausted

@cbarbermd
I expect the hospitals will reinstate #masking requirements when their staffing levels and service capacity and profits are threatened or diminished by the #Covid infection.

“A return to #masking has a clear logic in #hospitals. Sick patients come into close contact; medical procedures produce aerosols. “It’s a perfect storm for potential transmission of microbes,” Costi David Sifri, the director of hospital #epidemiology at UVA Health, told me. Hospitals are on the front lines of disease response: They, more than nearly any other place, must prioritize protecting society’s #vulnerable.” https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/111025404055879772

/More love and goodness from Rupert Murdoch's "The New York Post/

Masks don't work against COVID-19 and Dr. Fauci should stop talking

> To them, Anthony Fauci was a saint, whose every word was their command, and just when we thought we’d seen the back of him, he’s back on our TV screens to gaslight us all again.
https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/masks-dont-work-against-covid-19-and-dr-fauci-should-stop-talking/ #Masking #Masks #Fauci #AnthonyFauci #covid19 #covid

Gift link from Washington Post: A few schools mandated masks. Conservatives hit back hard.

#COVID #Masking

https://wapo.st/3sNuCvW

Day 2 of the new #school year and covid in #wastewater is predictably rising. 😩

Among a myriad of back-to-school emails, the school district has not mentioned covid even once. This year's policy is no policy at all. 😠

My kids report about 1-2% #masking rate (about 1-3 kids per grade).

I hate this timeline.

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp

Source of wastewater data in Greater #Boston area: https://www.mwra.com/biobot/biobotdata.htm

Trying to talk to someone about something that is obviously bothering you when you’re #masking poorly is the worst. Expressing myself when I am stressing about unrelated things adds layers of complications. If I could only just articulate So #frustrated with myself. :meow_sadreach:

#autism #actuallyautistic @actuallyautistic

When I wear a #mask:
+ Indoors around other people or in high traffic rooms with a very few exceptions.
+ Outdoors in crowds with a very few exceptions.
+ Outdoors when all alone if there is #wildfire smoke to contend with.

#covid #covid19 #publicHealth #masking #respiratoryVirus
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/110991289075000481

#MaskMandates Have Kept One Cancer Center Free From #COVID19. Others Have Lifted Masking Requirements Despite Patient Concerns - Cancer Therapy Advisor https://www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/home/cancer-topics/general-oncology/mask-mandates-have-kept-one-cancer-center-free-from-covid-19-others-have-lifted-masking-requirements-despite-patient-concerns/ “City of Hope in Duarte, California, has maintained #masking requirements, and this has prevented #HospitalAcquired #COVID19 there entirely

“Our policies enabled us to achieve zero #nosocomial infections, zero #outbreaks,” Dr Trisal said. “In a #cancer hospital, that is critically important.

Obviously there are other factors: decrease in acute cases, inept official messaging, etc. But the need to fit in can feel overwhelming for people

I'm lucky not to feel this pressure much (always had a non-conformist streak) and these days am usually the only masked person in a crowd, e.g. at a large, packed theatre recently. Meanwhile, Covid keeps spreading, causing suffering, and disabling people

#Covid #Covid19 #pandemic #masking #CovidIsNotOver

I've been wondering what (if anything) the Asch conformity experiments might tell us about Covid-era mask-wearing

A few people have told me they decided to stop wearing masks, even in busy indoor spaces, not based on assessing the risk to themselves or others but because they felt stupid or weird being such an outlier

Summary of those experiments on @wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments

#Covid #Covid19 #pandemic #masking #psychology #CovidIsNotOver

My leftist propaganda page on Facebook is doing well at least, here in this capitalist hellscape.
I have almost 2k followers now and at least one person has started #masking again for #covid because of my constant messaging about it.
I consider that a win. I may not have many spoons, but I am doing something.

Today is #MaskedMondays! Show that your are still #masking by posting your weekly #maskedselfie as a reply. #masked #mask #maskup #maskup #BringBackMasks #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #n95 #p100 #weareyeprotection #WearARespiraror #wearamaskoutside #MaskMonday

#School starts next week & I need to brace myself. 😬

Went to Staples for back-to-school shopping. It was PACKED. Besides my family, we saw only 2 other adult shoppers #masked.

By the end of last school year, many of the remaining #masking holdouts stopped masking, despite #wastewater data staying plateaued. 🤷🏻‍♀️ It dipped a bit over the summer, but is now almost back to pre-summer levels.

For my kids and teacher husband, the pressure to unmask will be huge. 😥

it’s so… baffling to me to still be seeing SO MUCH #masking discourse (the covid type not the autism type) 🫠 like, three and a half years on people in anglophone countries (can’t speak for elsewhere) still can’t get over the fact that you can wear a mask if you want and it’s literally none of their business? that you can avoid contact with them if you want and it’s literally none of their business? all that freedom and they don’t understand shit about it 😶 #CovidIsNotOver

Just in time for school. The rather good Eight Sugar #KF94 mask for children is down to $26.56 for a box of 100. After trying several different models, this is the one my 10yo daughter has been wearing for the last year. It's a legit South Korean brand and a comfortable fit for smaller faces. #Parenting #Masking #Mask

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09H1K5489/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hey people who have experience of full day masking, I have a question.

How do you handle drink, food?

Context: Need to spend about a day a week physically at work, which including train travel is a long day. I can't see making a full 12-14h day without several meals and frequent water/tea intake, but I don't want to be without a mask considering the current spread.

#Covid #Masking #Masks

In a statement sent to caregivers on Thursday, #Umass Memorial Health announced the return to #masking as a “protective measure for our staff and patients.”
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/mass-healthcare-network-brings-back-staff-mask-mandate-amid-dramatic-increase-covid-cases/S7Q523FSJBCKRHQAWSOJDPQ26I/
The #healthcare system noted that it will continue to monitor the viral trends closely and reevaluate the mandate in four weeks.