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Disability Rights New York has filed a class action lawsuit against Nassau County seeking an injunction to stop the enforcement of mask bans.
This is exactly the kind of action we need to see happen against discriminatory & ableist mask bans.
Law enforcement should not be the arbiter of who is “sick enough” to legally wear a mask. Many disabilities are invisible - and police are NOT doctors.
For more on the Nassau County mask ban and why it’s discriminatory - as well as why everyone (disabled or not) should be allowed to wear a mask - read my article here: disabledginger.com/p/nassau-co…
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #MaskBans #NoMaskBans
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Nassau County, NY Makes Masking Illegal - Why Medical Exemptions Aren't the Answer
Defendants of mask bans point to medical exemptions as proof that disabled people have nothing to worry about. They're wrong. A look at why bans are ableist, discriminatory and dangerous.Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)
I urge everyone to read this post from Lucky Tran about a proposed mask ban in Nassau County that would see people fined $1000 for wearing a mask. As soon as North Carolina passed their mask ban - we began seeing other cities and states follow suit.
Mask bans are wrong. Period. We are in an airborne pandemic where one of our best and only tools remains a well fitted respirator. The idea that people should have to carry around a medical exemption (which not everyone can obtain) or face fines and/or arrest is ableist and discriminatory. These bans force disabled people out of society because they don’t allow us to exist safely in public spaces - and they will increase the spread of Covid.
Call, email, post… speak out against these bans. Let lawmakers know you won’t visit any city or state that doesn’t allow people to wear a medical device for personal protection and community care.
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #MaskBan #BoycottNC #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #NorthCarolina #NewYork #UglyLaws #NewJersey
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Dr. Lucky Tran :verified: (@luckytran@med-mastodon.com)
This is really worrying. There's a bill in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, that has a good chance of passing due to GOP majority, that would fine people $1,000 for wearing a mask. https://www.nbcnewyork.Med-Mastodon
The proposed mask ban in North Carolina will turn people who are trying to protect their health (and the health of others) into criminals.
While the action of the government doesn’t surprise me - the response of the public does. I expected most people to find this type of law appalling - and instead I’m seeing people celebrating what I consider to be eugenics in action.
I wrote about the proposed bill, the public response and the disability community’s right to survive:
open.substack.com/pub/disabled…
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #CovidCautious #sarscov2 #maskup #WearAMask #CleanAir #Pandemic #Disability #accessibility #DisabilityRights #ableism #Eugenics #MaskBans
We Are Witnessing Real Time Eugenics... and People Don't Seem to Care.
Mask bans and revocation of medical exemptions have been all over social media this week - and anti-maskers are reacting with glee. They are celebrating disabled people losing a tool for protection.open.substack.com
Do take the time to read this brilliant piece.
It contains excellent explanations on the spread of COVID mutations/variants, why vaccination alone isn't the answer, why we should continue to mask and negative communications.
#WearAMask #WearADamnMask #CovidIsNotOver #COVID19 #covid
open.substack.com/pub/thegaunt…
Does the public understand that "variant" means "vaccine resistant"?
Getting boosted is critical because the virus is changing. Other forms of mitigation are critical to slow the rate of change.Julia Doubleday (The Gauntlet)
a friend and I were talking about COVID precautions and they just sent me this paper which appears to raise concerns about safety and efficacy of wearing masks for COVID - does anyone here know anything about this paper + what conclusions should be drawn from it? I feel like there's probably *something* wrong with it given it very much is the consensus in communities I'm in (that seem to pay lots of attention to the literature) that wearing masks is a good precaution to take against COVID, but I'm not sure how to respond. is there a good analysis of the paper somewhere or anything like that?
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/…
#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask #covid
Possible toxicity of chronic carbon dioxide exposure associated with face mask use, particularly in pregnant women, children and adolescents – A scoping review
During the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic, face masks have become one of the most important ubiquitous factors affecting human breathing. It increases the resistance and dead space volume leading to a re-breathing of CO[2] .PubMed Central (PMC)
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, who identified a chemical tweak to messenger RNA that laid the foundation for vaccines against #Covid19, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology/ Medicine.
As this photo shows, both scientists are wearing masks and NOT relying on the "vax and relax".
#WearAMask #WearARespirator
#MaskUp #NobelPrize #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #SarsCov2 #COVIDisAirborne
FOSSY 2023 - The FOSS Community is Patched and Back in Service
blog.brettsheffield.com/fossy-…
"Every picture of a masked face. Every negative COVID test. Every captioned picture from the event makes a difference. Every single one helps to normalize taking these basic precautions. Thank you. You are my tribe."
#FOSSY #FOSSY2023 #PublicHealthPledge #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask
Want to know WHY there are #NOVIDS?
Masking. Distancing. Not congregating.
READ: Cautious behaviour.
bu.edu/articles/2023/are-you-a…
#COVID19 #WEARAMASK #COVID19ISAIRBORNE
Are You a Novid—Someone Who’s Never Had COVID? Science Has Some Clues Why
BU expert says researchers are working to understand why some people have avoided the virus or showed no symptoms when infected.Doug Most (BU Today)
WEAR A MASK.
No one wants masks, but we still need them to keep #COVID19 at bay: theguardian.com/world/2023/feb… #WEARAMASK #COVID19ISAIRBORNE
No one wants masks, but we still need them to keep Covid at bay
Letters: Doctor Kelly Fearnley and an immunocompromised patient respond to Dr Jack Pickard’s letter calling for an end to the requirement for mask-wearing in all clinical areasGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
"I guess we should retire the expression "avoid it like the plague" given how little effort people put into avoiding an actual plague."
#CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask 🥴
WEAR A MASK.
#COVID19 subvariant Kraken is spreading in Québec: montrealgazette.com/news/local… #WEARAMASK #WEARINGISCARING #assnat #polQC #polMTL
🗻 #Multnomah County #Oregon officials to public:
😷 #WearAMask indoors until at least Jan 1 as viruses surge
multco.us/multnomah-county/new…
Multnomah County Health strongly recommends everyone mask indoors as viruses surge
County Health officials urge everyone to wear masks in public indoor spaces until at least Jan.1, 2023 as respiratory viruses surge.Multnomah County
Pro-tip for #conference vendors & sponsors in the #US:
A social media pic of your booth staff w/smiling unmasked faces does not make me want to drop by during the next break.
A free infection with #COVID, with a chance of long-term injury/disability, is just not the compelling free swag you may think it is.
#CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask #OSsummit
