Edinburgh Mask Bloc
@edinmaskbloc.bsky.social
High filtration mask distribution in Edinburgh
Email [email protected] for details and requests!
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Email [email protected] for details and requests!
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Our infographic shows the number of hospitalisations and positive tests compared to last week for each virus. If you want even more detail, read the full report below. 🔎
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Our infographic shows the number of hospitalisations and positive tests compared to last week for each virus. If you want even more detail, read the full report below. 🔎
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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🔵 RSV has also increased and is circulating at medium levels.
🟣 COVID-19 has decreased and is stable at baseline levels.
(2/3)
🟣 COVID-19 has decreased and is stable at baseline levels.
(2/3)
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🔵 RSV has also increased and is circulating at medium levels.
🟣 COVID-19 has decreased and is stable at baseline levels.
(2/3)
🟣 COVID-19 has decreased and is stable at baseline levels.
(2/3)
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🆕 #UKHSAVirusWatch: The latest flu, COVID-19 and RSV data from our weekly winter surveillance report.
🟢 Flu is rising sharply and is circulating at medium levels. It is now impacting adults more severely. (1/3)
🟢 Flu is rising sharply and is circulating at medium levels. It is now impacting adults more severely. (1/3)
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🆕 #UKHSAVirusWatch: The latest flu, COVID-19 and RSV data from our weekly winter surveillance report.
🟢 Flu is rising sharply and is circulating at medium levels. It is now impacting adults more severely. (1/3)
🟢 Flu is rising sharply and is circulating at medium levels. It is now impacting adults more severely. (1/3)
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The PCR positivity map is out, and positivity in England, adjusted for non-reporting, is steady at 3.27%.
In Scotland it's up slightly to 2.99%.
There are clear hotspots across the map.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/15
In Scotland it's up slightly to 2.99%.
There are clear hotspots across the map.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/15
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The PCR positivity map is out, and positivity in England, adjusted for non-reporting, is steady at 3.27%.
In Scotland it's up slightly to 2.99%.
There are clear hotspots across the map.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/15
In Scotland it's up slightly to 2.99%.
There are clear hotspots across the map.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/15
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By telling people to wear a mask when symptomatic, they're increasing the stigma of wearing a mask. The assumption will be that you're ill. We would like people to understand that you can wear #ffp3 to reduce the chance of spreading OR catching airborne diseases. Transmission can preceed symptoms.
UK: "Brits told to 'wear a mask' as flu spreads across country"
Flu positive rate rose to 11.6% weekending Nov 25 (from 10.7%). Health chiefs said the highest positivity was in children aged 5–14.
“We haven’t seen a virus like this for a while… these dynamics are unusual,” said Prof Nicola Lewis.
Flu positive rate rose to 11.6% weekending Nov 25 (from 10.7%). Health chiefs said the highest positivity was in children aged 5–14.
“We haven’t seen a virus like this for a while… these dynamics are unusual,” said Prof Nicola Lewis.
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
By telling people to wear a mask when symptomatic, they're increasing the stigma of wearing a mask. The assumption will be that you're ill. We would like people to understand that you can wear #ffp3 to reduce the chance of spreading OR catching airborne diseases. Transmission can preceed symptoms.
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UK vax eligibility is based on fundamentally flawed cost-benefit analysis & total failure to understand the cumulative damage Covid reinfection is doing to our population's health, & how this drives economic damage & benefit costs. It makes no clinical or economic sense. Come and find out more 👇
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
UK vax eligibility is based on fundamentally flawed cost-benefit analysis & total failure to understand the cumulative damage Covid reinfection is doing to our population's health, & how this drives economic damage & benefit costs. It makes no clinical or economic sense. Come and find out more 👇
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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The bad news:
#H3N2 is new flu strain, "generally thought to cause more illness & be worse for older adults than other strains".
* This, on top of 5+ years of #COVID reinfections, a virus known to dysregulate the immune system.
The good news:
It's PREVENTABLE with an #N95 mask & #CleanAir.
#H3N2 is new flu strain, "generally thought to cause more illness & be worse for older adults than other strains".
* This, on top of 5+ years of #COVID reinfections, a virus known to dysregulate the immune system.
The good news:
It's PREVENTABLE with an #N95 mask & #CleanAir.
1/ H3N2 that’s circulated worldwide this year “acquired 7 new mutations over the summer,” Antonia Ho, of Scotland’s U of Glasgow, said.
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
That “means the virus is quite different to the H3N2 strain included in this year’s vaccine,” she said.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.
A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing "unprecedented" outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly two months.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Hi Friends! #GroundhogPlay is a new access-focussed ttRPG playtest convention at @plutoq.bsky.social Glasgow, organized by @thirdvaultyarns.com and @floaker.bsky.social.
Run your in-dev game, get feedback, learn lessons, and try again. There will also be a creator peer support space.
#TTRPGintro
Run your in-dev game, get feedback, learn lessons, and try again. There will also be a creator peer support space.
#TTRPGintro
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hi Friends! #GroundhogPlay is a new access-focussed ttRPG playtest convention at @plutoq.bsky.social Glasgow, organized by @thirdvaultyarns.com and @floaker.bsky.social.
Run your in-dev game, get feedback, learn lessons, and try again. There will also be a creator peer support space.
#TTRPGintro
Run your in-dev game, get feedback, learn lessons, and try again. There will also be a creator peer support space.
#TTRPGintro
Thank you to everyone who visited TAGS festival and the Radical Book Fair, and wore a mask to keep everyone safer! Did you spot these fantastic minis @covidcrafting.bsky.social made for us, or pick up some of their stickers?
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thank you to everyone who visited TAGS festival and the Radical Book Fair, and wore a mask to keep everyone safer! Did you spot these fantastic minis @covidcrafting.bsky.social made for us, or pick up some of their stickers?
We have received some direct messages on here but we do not have reliable access to them due to the Online Safety Act. Please send any queries or requests to edinmaskbloc (at) proton (dot) me, thank you!
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We have received some direct messages on here but we do not have reliable access to them due to the Online Safety Act. Please send any queries or requests to edinmaskbloc (at) proton (dot) me, thank you!
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Masking works. My respirator has kept me free from Covid and flu for six years. 😷
Vaccines are great, but not inhaling viruses into your body is super cool when vaccines do not provide 100% protection. Vaccines & masking in combination FTW.
Vaccines are great, but not inhaling viruses into your body is super cool when vaccines do not provide 100% protection. Vaccines & masking in combination FTW.
Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Masking works. My respirator has kept me free from Covid and flu for six years. 😷
Vaccines are great, but not inhaling viruses into your body is super cool when vaccines do not provide 100% protection. Vaccines & masking in combination FTW.
Vaccines are great, but not inhaling viruses into your body is super cool when vaccines do not provide 100% protection. Vaccines & masking in combination FTW.
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We can reduce the number of #Covid and all airborne disease infections this winter by considering the safety of our gatherings.
Hold them online or outdoors. #Ventilate spaces. Keep CO2 levels below 800ppm. Run air purifiers. Wear respirator masks.
#Accessibility #Inclusion @greenparty.org.uk
Hold them online or outdoors. #Ventilate spaces. Keep CO2 levels below 800ppm. Run air purifiers. Wear respirator masks.
#Accessibility #Inclusion @greenparty.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We can reduce the number of #Covid and all airborne disease infections this winter by considering the safety of our gatherings.
Hold them online or outdoors. #Ventilate spaces. Keep CO2 levels below 800ppm. Run air purifiers. Wear respirator masks.
#Accessibility #Inclusion @greenparty.org.uk
Hold them online or outdoors. #Ventilate spaces. Keep CO2 levels below 800ppm. Run air purifiers. Wear respirator masks.
#Accessibility #Inclusion @greenparty.org.uk
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One of the highlights of my year in Edinburgh is the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical Bookfair, it's such a fab event centering community care, and this year comrades from @edinmaskbloc.bsky.social provided 1500+ masks to attendees! 🥳 As usual I completely blew my budget, here's my book haul 📚
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One of the highlights of my year in Edinburgh is the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical Bookfair, it's such a fab event centering community care, and this year comrades from @edinmaskbloc.bsky.social provided 1500+ masks to attendees! 🥳 As usual I completely blew my budget, here's my book haul 📚
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It was an emotional topic, and I also found myself welling up at the sight of a room full of masked faces. As a #longcovid sufferer I'm usually the only one in a mask, hoping it will be enough to keep me safe. This was such a rare relief in what sometimes feels like an ocean of denial
Beautiful talk with Basma Ghalayini and Mazan Manrouf on their new book Palestine -1, stories from the Eve of the Nakba at the Edinburgh Radical Book Fair organised by @lighthousebks.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It was an emotional topic, and I also found myself welling up at the sight of a room full of masked faces. As a #longcovid sufferer I'm usually the only one in a mask, hoping it will be enough to keep me safe. This was such a rare relief in what sometimes feels like an ocean of denial
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Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
If you don't know where to get masks or can't afford them, find a mask bloc at maskblog.org - you might have one locally or find one that can post masks. We do it and are always excited to help you protect yourself and others! Email us if you're interested
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you don't know where to get masks or can't afford them, find a mask bloc at maskblog.org - you might have one locally or find one that can post masks. We do it and are always excited to help you protect yourself and others! Email us if you're interested
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Protect yourself, but also protect the visitors and especially protect the artists who are sat in a crowded hall for 15 hours. If you have COVID, you’re often contagious before symptoms, so please take precautions
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Protect yourself, but also protect the visitors and especially protect the artists who are sat in a crowded hall for 15 hours. If you have COVID, you’re often contagious before symptoms, so please take precautions
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Thought Bubble is next weekend! Really excited, but please please wear a mask - i see fewer & fewer each year, and COVID is just as serious as it was 5 years ago. TB is an amazing event, but it’s not worth getting disabled or immunocompromised.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thought Bubble is next weekend! Really excited, but please please wear a mask - i see fewer & fewer each year, and COVID is just as serious as it was 5 years ago. TB is an amazing event, but it’s not worth getting disabled or immunocompromised.
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Today is World Ventilate Day! Whilst we mainly focus on air filtration here at Air Library Scotland, ventilation is also a crucial layer of clean air provision and airborne disease mitigation. Have a look at World Ventilate Day's 2025 resources to learn more about the importance of ventilation!
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Today is World Ventilate Day! Whilst we mainly focus on air filtration here at Air Library Scotland, ventilation is also a crucial layer of clean air provision and airborne disease mitigation. Have a look at World Ventilate Day's 2025 resources to learn more about the importance of ventilation!
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On today’s @WorldVentil8Day, thanks to everyone contributing to indoorco2map.com. from grassroots initiatives to institutions and individuals, together we’re making real progress toward better indoor air quality, with many promising developments this year.
Indoor-CO₂ Atlas
indoorco2map.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
On today’s @WorldVentil8Day, thanks to everyone contributing to indoorco2map.com. from grassroots initiatives to institutions and individuals, together we’re making real progress toward better indoor air quality, with many promising developments this year.