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If you want to help disabled people fight New York's proposed mask ban... wear a mask.
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
March 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If you want to help disabled people fight New York's proposed mask ban... wear a mask.
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
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First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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Gang, at this point I’m too disillusioned to expect all of you to mask always (even though you should), but for the love of GOD, please at least mask at airports and on planes when you travel to events!!!
February 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Gang, at this point I’m too disillusioned to expect all of you to mask always (even though you should), but for the love of GOD, please at least mask at airports and on planes when you travel to events!!!
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So many people are skipping alt text or half-assing it so poorly it's an insult.
Was the first image the only one deserving a caption?
Do people not deserve to know what's in your photos?
Don't just put the image credit or a fun anecdote in the alt text, describe the image.
Was the first image the only one deserving a caption?
Do people not deserve to know what's in your photos?
Don't just put the image credit or a fun anecdote in the alt text, describe the image.
February 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
So many people are skipping alt text or half-assing it so poorly it's an insult.
Was the first image the only one deserving a caption?
Do people not deserve to know what's in your photos?
Don't just put the image credit or a fun anecdote in the alt text, describe the image.
Was the first image the only one deserving a caption?
Do people not deserve to know what's in your photos?
Don't just put the image credit or a fun anecdote in the alt text, describe the image.
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COVID is not just a respiratory virus. It’s not a cold. It’s not “mild”.
It’s a multi system vascular virus that can do damage throughout your body.
The more we learn about what it does to the heart, the more convinced we should be to mask up.
It’s a multi system vascular virus that can do damage throughout your body.
The more we learn about what it does to the heart, the more convinced we should be to mask up.
Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) showed subclinical myocardial injury in 85% of a sample of Covid survivors with symptoms like shortness of breath and chest pain. Subclinical myocardial injury, thus, can be common in #LongCovid with such symptoms
February 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
COVID is not just a respiratory virus. It’s not a cold. It’s not “mild”.
It’s a multi system vascular virus that can do damage throughout your body.
The more we learn about what it does to the heart, the more convinced we should be to mask up.
It’s a multi system vascular virus that can do damage throughout your body.
The more we learn about what it does to the heart, the more convinced we should be to mask up.
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First things first, mask bans making masking a criminal offence. They make the act of wearing a mask illegal.
Sure there may be medical exemptions, but they’re incredibly problematic.
Lawmakers specifically chose not to exempt medical masks and respirators. The burden is on the wearer /2
Sure there may be medical exemptions, but they’re incredibly problematic.
Lawmakers specifically chose not to exempt medical masks and respirators. The burden is on the wearer /2
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
First things first, mask bans making masking a criminal offence. They make the act of wearing a mask illegal.
Sure there may be medical exemptions, but they’re incredibly problematic.
Lawmakers specifically chose not to exempt medical masks and respirators. The burden is on the wearer /2
Sure there may be medical exemptions, but they’re incredibly problematic.
Lawmakers specifically chose not to exempt medical masks and respirators. The burden is on the wearer /2
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Second, public perception around masking is very different now than it was before Covid.
People are irrationally angry when they see a mask. They’ve been politicized and folks have created an identity in their minds about who a masker is. A liberal. A sheep. Someone who’s anti-freedom.
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People are irrationally angry when they see a mask. They’ve been politicized and folks have created an identity in their minds about who a masker is. A liberal. A sheep. Someone who’s anti-freedom.
/3
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Second, public perception around masking is very different now than it was before Covid.
People are irrationally angry when they see a mask. They’ve been politicized and folks have created an identity in their minds about who a masker is. A liberal. A sheep. Someone who’s anti-freedom.
/3
People are irrationally angry when they see a mask. They’ve been politicized and folks have created an identity in their minds about who a masker is. A liberal. A sheep. Someone who’s anti-freedom.
/3
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None of their preconceived notions are based in fact or reality, but they fuel the anger and rage that gets directed at maskers every day.
When you enact a mask ban, you embolden these people. They aren’t reading the bills and considering medical exemptions.
They just hear they’re banned. /4
When you enact a mask ban, you embolden these people. They aren’t reading the bills and considering medical exemptions.
They just hear they’re banned. /4
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
None of their preconceived notions are based in fact or reality, but they fuel the anger and rage that gets directed at maskers every day.
When you enact a mask ban, you embolden these people. They aren’t reading the bills and considering medical exemptions.
They just hear they’re banned. /4
When you enact a mask ban, you embolden these people. They aren’t reading the bills and considering medical exemptions.
They just hear they’re banned. /4
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As a result they think they can demand you remove your mask. They may call the police on you. They will certainly feel justified in judging and targeting maskers and declaring that they’re doing “something wrong”.
This emboldening creates a dangerous situation that could easily lead to violence /5
This emboldening creates a dangerous situation that could easily lead to violence /5
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
As a result they think they can demand you remove your mask. They may call the police on you. They will certainly feel justified in judging and targeting maskers and declaring that they’re doing “something wrong”.
This emboldening creates a dangerous situation that could easily lead to violence /5
This emboldening creates a dangerous situation that could easily lead to violence /5
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This is why we must discuss anti mask sentiment when talking about mask bans.
Many disabled people masked before covid. I was one of them. The worst I ever got was a strange look or someone moving far away from me on transit
Since mask mandates ended I’ve been coughed on, spit at and yelled at /6
Many disabled people masked before covid. I was one of them. The worst I ever got was a strange look or someone moving far away from me on transit
Since mask mandates ended I’ve been coughed on, spit at and yelled at /6
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is why we must discuss anti mask sentiment when talking about mask bans.
Many disabled people masked before covid. I was one of them. The worst I ever got was a strange look or someone moving far away from me on transit
Since mask mandates ended I’ve been coughed on, spit at and yelled at /6
Many disabled people masked before covid. I was one of them. The worst I ever got was a strange look or someone moving far away from me on transit
Since mask mandates ended I’ve been coughed on, spit at and yelled at /6
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People view masks as bad and loathe anyone who’s still wearing them.
When you publicly enact a mask ban, you’re telling those people they’re right. That it’s ok to harass people for masking. That it’s wrong to wear a mask and protect your health.
You’re increasing the hostility. /7
When you publicly enact a mask ban, you’re telling those people they’re right. That it’s ok to harass people for masking. That it’s wrong to wear a mask and protect your health.
You’re increasing the hostility. /7
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
People view masks as bad and loathe anyone who’s still wearing them.
When you publicly enact a mask ban, you’re telling those people they’re right. That it’s ok to harass people for masking. That it’s wrong to wear a mask and protect your health.
You’re increasing the hostility. /7
When you publicly enact a mask ban, you’re telling those people they’re right. That it’s ok to harass people for masking. That it’s wrong to wear a mask and protect your health.
You’re increasing the hostility. /7
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Finally there’s the issue of ableism. Mask bans make public spaces less accessible. Period.
For many of us a good mask is the only reason we can be out in public. If you make it a crime, we risk being stopped by the police and forced to justify our disabilities. /8
For many of us a good mask is the only reason we can be out in public. If you make it a crime, we risk being stopped by the police and forced to justify our disabilities. /8
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Finally there’s the issue of ableism. Mask bans make public spaces less accessible. Period.
For many of us a good mask is the only reason we can be out in public. If you make it a crime, we risk being stopped by the police and forced to justify our disabilities. /8
For many of us a good mask is the only reason we can be out in public. If you make it a crime, we risk being stopped by the police and forced to justify our disabilities. /8
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Many of us have a difficult time getting healthcare workers to take us seriously, but we’re supposed to assume law enforcement will believe we’re masking for the right reasons?
That’s a risk we should never be forced to take. The interaction alone would negatively impact our baseline /9
That’s a risk we should never be forced to take. The interaction alone would negatively impact our baseline /9
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Many of us have a difficult time getting healthcare workers to take us seriously, but we’re supposed to assume law enforcement will believe we’re masking for the right reasons?
That’s a risk we should never be forced to take. The interaction alone would negatively impact our baseline /9
That’s a risk we should never be forced to take. The interaction alone would negatively impact our baseline /9
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Lastly… any reason for wearing a mask should be good enough.
We are still in a global pandemic. Millions are dead, even more are disabled. People are still dying every week.
Wearing a mask to protect yourself - whether disabled or not - is a smart and caring choice /10
We are still in a global pandemic. Millions are dead, even more are disabled. People are still dying every week.
Wearing a mask to protect yourself - whether disabled or not - is a smart and caring choice /10
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Lastly… any reason for wearing a mask should be good enough.
We are still in a global pandemic. Millions are dead, even more are disabled. People are still dying every week.
Wearing a mask to protect yourself - whether disabled or not - is a smart and caring choice /10
We are still in a global pandemic. Millions are dead, even more are disabled. People are still dying every week.
Wearing a mask to protect yourself - whether disabled or not - is a smart and caring choice /10
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As more States propose mask bans, I want to take a moment to discuss claims that it’s “fear mongering” to say that masking is illegal.
People claim the medical exemption is “good enough”.
This ignores three critical points. Public perception, anti mask sentiment and rampant ableism
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People claim the medical exemption is “good enough”.
This ignores three critical points. Public perception, anti mask sentiment and rampant ableism
🧵
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
As more States propose mask bans, I want to take a moment to discuss claims that it’s “fear mongering” to say that masking is illegal.
People claim the medical exemption is “good enough”.
This ignores three critical points. Public perception, anti mask sentiment and rampant ableism
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People claim the medical exemption is “good enough”.
This ignores three critical points. Public perception, anti mask sentiment and rampant ableism
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When you engage in disability justice, you begin to see the world differently. You see how deep ableism runs and how many people believe those with chronic health conditions are 'less than'.
The Nazis targeted us first because they knew no one would care. We need people to care now.
The Nazis targeted us first because they knew no one would care. We need people to care now.
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
When you engage in disability justice, you begin to see the world differently. You see how deep ableism runs and how many people believe those with chronic health conditions are 'less than'.
The Nazis targeted us first because they knew no one would care. We need people to care now.
The Nazis targeted us first because they knew no one would care. We need people to care now.
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A lot of chronic illness is post viral. People are healthy until they get flu, mono, covid etc
It only takes one infection to upend your life & leave you with severe disabilities
RFK Jr says he wants to end chronic illness epidemic & yet will make avoiding viruses harder
Get boosted. Wear a mask.
It only takes one infection to upend your life & leave you with severe disabilities
RFK Jr says he wants to end chronic illness epidemic & yet will make avoiding viruses harder
Get boosted. Wear a mask.
February 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A lot of chronic illness is post viral. People are healthy until they get flu, mono, covid etc
It only takes one infection to upend your life & leave you with severe disabilities
RFK Jr says he wants to end chronic illness epidemic & yet will make avoiding viruses harder
Get boosted. Wear a mask.
It only takes one infection to upend your life & leave you with severe disabilities
RFK Jr says he wants to end chronic illness epidemic & yet will make avoiding viruses harder
Get boosted. Wear a mask.
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350 Rabbis took out a full page ad in the NYTimes today opposing Trump’s plan for Palestine and calling it ethnic cleansing.
February 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
350 Rabbis took out a full page ad in the NYTimes today opposing Trump’s plan for Palestine and calling it ethnic cleansing.
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We have heard that the entire flu resources section of website is going down tonight.
You can check your local health dept for information about flu.
We will update as we learn more.
You can check your local health dept for information about flu.
We will update as we learn more.
February 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We have heard that the entire flu resources section of website is going down tonight.
You can check your local health dept for information about flu.
We will update as we learn more.
You can check your local health dept for information about flu.
We will update as we learn more.
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New flyer just dropped--spread the word with healthcare folks and among disabled adults. Download at link.
www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/12/t...
www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/12/t...
February 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
New flyer just dropped--spread the word with healthcare folks and among disabled adults. Download at link.
www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/12/t...
www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/12/t...
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Please keep in mind that many of your disabled friends likely need more accommodations now and in the coming days. AND many of your neighbors will BECOME disabled in the coming days. Don’t wait to educate yourself on how to not be useless.
February 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Please keep in mind that many of your disabled friends likely need more accommodations now and in the coming days. AND many of your neighbors will BECOME disabled in the coming days. Don’t wait to educate yourself on how to not be useless.
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Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off
February 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off