Husband had to bring in his car to the garage today. The guy started to hassle him about his mask. Husband recalled that when I brought my car to a different place, they had misunderstood me and thought I had Covid, so they kept their distance and worked on my "infected" car with all the windows down, and even did what they could with my car outside.

So he told them "well I'm doing this for you guys, I have some symptoms but I don't know what it is." Bingo. They shut up, kept their distance and quickly did what was needed.

Everyone is so fearful of Covid, but only a few are willing to actually protect themselves (and their customers or patients!) against it. They choose instead to live in denial and hassle others when they try to protect themselves. I don't get it.

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #Covid #MaskUpN95 @novid

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy Going out in public is a very bad idea right now, so many people are “powering through” covid.

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUpN95 #Covid

Dr. Jeremy Faust and Benjamin Renton from Inside Medicine have put together a new Covid dashboard for the US (using Tableau), which presents existing tracking for each state and county, including Hospital Capacity, Hospitalizations, Deaths, Wastewater, and Cases.

Caveats: We know there are some issues with the way several of these metrics are now tracked, and the article on Inside Medicine (on Substack) which introduced this dashboard made no mention of #LongCovid as a reason why people should stay informed about #Covid numbers.

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUpN95 @novid

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/benjamin.renton/viz/InsideMedicineCOVID-19MetricsDashboard/Dashboard1

The latest from @jessicawildfire on the recent Boston Globe article by Ashish Jha saying we can "finally ignore covid".

"Even the CDC has estimated that a fifth of the American population now has a health condition related to Covid. Our so-called “experts” seem to be doing everything they can to push that number even higher...It’s not public health to tell anyone they can ignore a virus that disables 20 percent of those infected."

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #covid #MaskUpN95 @novid

https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/the-world-of-health-privilege-why

Ooh I got a request from the cancer hospital that I went to last week to fill out a patient experience survey. I gave them a lot of low scores on their questions about patient safety, and wrote comments about their lack of mask mandate. They are a cancer hospital!! Masks should be required in every medical and pharmacy location at a minimum, but at a very bare minimum it should be required for a cancer hospital!!

I gave them my personal information at the end when it asked if they can contact me about my survey. I’m happy to give them all the info they ask for!

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUpN95 #Covid

Nothing like spending the day at a cancer hospital for necessary appointments, and no masks in sight (other than mine).

They stuck me in a small exam room to wait for about an hour. There was a closed door in there which seemed to have a break room behind it. Lots of voices. I was eyeing the large gap around the door letting the break room air into my room and crossing my fingers.

My doctor emerged from that door maskless, saw mine and asked if I wanted her to mask, then opened the door to the break room full of unmasked people wide while rummaging around and laughing about not knowing where a mask was. She finally found a surgical mask and closed the door. Why did I bother.

A cancer hospital. Why don’t any of these places know better?

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUpN95

It's unfortunate, but we now have to insist on #covid protections. Be specific and calmly insistent.

I needed to bring a cat to the vet for a checkup this week. When I arrived, I could see people going into and out of the building, no masks in sight. It's a small building, and of course all of the animal exam rooms are tiny with no windows.

I called from the parking lot, said I had arrived, and told them that I was still being cautious. I asked if they could come collect my cat and have the vet call me to talk about how my cat is doing.

I had to explain it twice. I was calm and even apologetic. I could tell the receptionist was frustrated, but whatever.

They sent someone out to get my cat, and that person was even masked! We did intake in the parking lot, and the vet called me to discuss my cat. They brought her out at the end, and let me pay over the phone.

I know it can be uncomfortable to insist on what you need. We're being forced into it now.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUpN95 @novid

@jessicawildfire has been trying to get out the word on all the tricks being played now, which claim excess deaths are "back to normal" pre-pandemic levels. She's done the math here.

"Magically, my own spreadsheet math corresponds with The Economist and The OECD. We’re looking at an excess mortality rate that’s still considerably higher than anything we saw before the pandemic started."

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #covid #MaskUpN95 #ExcessDeaths @novid

https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/looks-like-someones-been-moving-the

I had to get a mammogram today. I don't feel like I have a choice, they are monitoring multiple cysts. I've already had cancer, and I know how important it is to find cancer early.

No one was wearing a mask. Not any of the healthcare workers, not any of the staff, not any of the other patients. No one.

Just me in my #FloMask .

Wastewater numbers are ticking back up again in the US.

I had originally bought the FloMask thinking it blended in better than more serious-looking masks. But now I've realized that people would look at me funny even if I had been in just a surgical mask. The FloMask has been great, but I'm thinking now that I'm going to get a very serious, no effing around mask, for more peace of mind.

#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #covid #MaskUpN95 @novid

Any advice on how to tell my Trump-voting, anti-mask, anti-vaccine, sibling that they have #LongCovid ?

They are a healthcare worker who believes lies about masks and vaccines being dangerous. 🙄 So they have only ever masked and taken vaccines as a part of mandates, and haven't done either since mandates dropped.

Then they got #covid last year. They were sick for months with heart and lung issues, but now can't seem to recall that happening, I assume due to covid-caused memory issues. Now they have issues with overheating, skin rashes, heart palpitations, who knows what else. Their doctor keeps saying it's from their thyroid problem and has been trying different medications. 😖

They did a skin prick test for allergens recently when they started to get mysterious rashes, but they are not allergic to anything. The doctor is blaming the test. 😩

Talking about covid in the past has not helped them at all. I must be a glutton for punishment, but I want to keep trying to help.

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUpN95 @novid

“The California Supreme Court has ruled: If you catch Covid from work and then a family member dies from it, you can’t sue your employer. The ruling was unanimous.”

You can’t sue your employer, and you won’t get sick time or disability payments. We have to protect ourselves and fight when we can.

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUpN95 #Covid @novid

https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/how-you-do-anything-is-how-you-do

The FDA’s committee voted to update the #covid vaccines for this Fall/Winter.

They recommended an XBB monovalent.

Pfizer, Moderna, and yes Novavax!

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUpN95 #vaccines @novid

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/fdas-fall-2023-vaccine-plan

Estimate from a 2021 study linked within this article: “PM2.5 emissions from the 2020 wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington were associated with an 11.7% increase in Covid cases, and an 8.4% increase in Covid deaths”

#CovidIsNotOver #Covid #MaskUpN95 #smoke @novid

https://archive.ph/2023.06.08-164209/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-08/wildfire-smoke-increases-the-risk-of-contracting-covid-19

At my work now, people are normalizing symptoms of #LongCOVID “brain fog”. No one even jokes about “getting older” any more. It’s just passively accepted when people forget how to do their jobs, or can’t recall words. Or when someone arrived late to a meeting that they were desperate to attend for…some reason…hold on, if they can look at the agenda maybe they will remember why… 😩

#Covid #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUpN95

Several #TwitterMigration dead bird app refugee #MaskUpN95 #CleanAir activist accounts you should be following on #FollowFriday

@BkPhilanthropy
@drclareharris
@drbashir2022
@dobieblue
@planetscape
@StoneColdPillar
@augieray
@Bonesfanancy
@DolphinDemVoter
@WendyD
@Peintre
@cwebbonline
@SarahBCalif

Just so you all know. Every government is going to be moving to COVID projections so they can tell you whatever they want about test & case data.

They will *forecast* future mild upticks, & they will stop telling you about variants by preventing transparent sequencing reporting from being seen.

We're closing in on having to make #COVID safety decisions in complete darkness with no information & no regard to our safety from governments.

#LongCovid #Sars2 #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUpN95

In a world filled with maskless status quo upholders, be a Bernie ✊️
#CovidIsNotOver #N95s #MaskUpN95 #BernieSanders

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @Crone None of those people in the store are going to take care of you when you get sick. Definitely don’t rely on what they think of you and your mask. #MaskUpN95

I'm feeling hopeful today! :mastomask:

Yesterday, a remote collaborator on zoom asked if I've always been masking or just restarted, because they've been thinking about maybe it's time to mask again.

#MasksWork #MaskEverywhere #MaskUpN95 #MaskUp #MaskingIsSolidarity

Welp, my group got canceled today because the host got #sick. Well maybe y’all should have worn #masks if you wanted to prevent sickness but nope, people would rather take chances than to put an easy to wear #filter over their face. #bringBackMasks #WearAMask #MaskUpN95 #covidisntover #COVIDisAirborne #weararespirator #n95 #p100