Mask Bloc Waterloo Region
@maskblocwr.bsky.social
We provide masks, tests, air purifiers, and health information free of charge in the so-called Waterloo Region.
💙 Make requests through our linktree or website. 💙
⭐ We are volunteer-run. Join us! ⭐
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💙 Make requests through our linktree or website. 💙
⭐ We are volunteer-run. Join us! ⭐
https://linktr.ee/maskblocwr | https://maskblocwr.org/
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Donations help us keep up with the demand for free masks and (especially) COVID rapid tests. At around $2 a test, even small donations help. Through PayPal, @maskblockwr.
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Canada: Increase in cold, flu, and COVID cases brings return of masks to Ontario hospital.
Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington announced a mask mandate effective Dec 22. Everyone entering must wear a mask in patient care areas; masks are provided at entrances to reduce spread and protect patients.
Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington announced a mask mandate effective Dec 22. Everyone entering must wear a mask in patient care areas; masks are provided at entrances to reduce spread and protect patients.
Increase in cold, flu, and COVID cases brings return of masks to Ontario hospital | insauga
All visitors to an Ontario hospital must start wearing masks to stop the spread of respiratory illnesses. In a move reminiscent of the height of the pandemic, Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington annou...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Canada: Increase in cold, flu, and COVID cases brings return of masks to Ontario hospital.
Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington announced a mask mandate effective Dec 22. Everyone entering must wear a mask in patient care areas; masks are provided at entrances to reduce spread and protect patients.
Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington announced a mask mandate effective Dec 22. Everyone entering must wear a mask in patient care areas; masks are provided at entrances to reduce spread and protect patients.
This Saturday, December 27: Monthly Masked Cook with Food Not Bombs KW. #WatRegion #MutualAid
For more information about volunteering, see docs.google.com/document/u/0...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This Saturday, December 27: Monthly Masked Cook with Food Not Bombs KW. #WatRegion #MutualAid
For more information about volunteering, see docs.google.com/document/u/0...
For more information about volunteering, see docs.google.com/document/u/0...
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Donald Duck here reminding that wearing a mask in crowded areas to help protect you AND people around you is actually quite cool. KN95s come in SO many different colors, so wearing them at cons is great since you can easily find a style to match your costume :3
#donaldduck #kingdomhearts #cosplay
#donaldduck #kingdomhearts #cosplay
August 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Donald Duck here reminding that wearing a mask in crowded areas to help protect you AND people around you is actually quite cool. KN95s come in SO many different colors, so wearing them at cons is great since you can easily find a style to match your costume :3
#donaldduck #kingdomhearts #cosplay
#donaldduck #kingdomhearts #cosplay
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Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
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No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
Clean Indoor Air Toronto
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December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
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Finland's epidemic 23 Dec 2025: amount of virus in wastewater appears to have risen above the first Omicron wave. Post-Omicron baseline is permanently higher than pre-Omicron; repeated waves are showing no diminishing.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Finland's epidemic 23 Dec 2025: amount of virus in wastewater appears to have risen above the first Omicron wave. Post-Omicron baseline is permanently higher than pre-Omicron; repeated waves are showing no diminishing.
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Fun thread! 🧵
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Fun thread! 🧵
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Canadian COVID Forecast Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
ONTARIO
HIGH [decreasing]
About 1 of every 58 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 10.5 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 8.7 x higher
-Deaths: 8.3 x higher
ONTARIO
HIGH [decreasing]
About 1 of every 58 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 10.5 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 8.7 x higher
-Deaths: 8.3 x higher
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Ontario's COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [decreasing] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 9.2
About 1 of every 58 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 195,500-255,900
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: VERY HIGH; 10.5X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.0X higher
Hospitalizations: HIGH; 8.7X higher
Deaths: HIGH; 8.3X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreihxqfunzt74psx63ekwqhucgh4sosagoja7bwhnd6gm7xtnajs6nu@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
ONTARIO
HIGH [decreasing]
About 1 of every 58 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 10.5 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 8.7 x higher
-Deaths: 8.3 x higher
ONTARIO
HIGH [decreasing]
About 1 of every 58 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 10.5 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 8.7 x higher
-Deaths: 8.3 x higher
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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4/ We are more sick from EVERYTHING.
These charts are stunning. No freakin' wonder healthcare is strained, workplace and school absences are up, etc.
Holy hell, this is all AIRBORNE. #MaskUp FFS. @doctorsofbc.bsky.social - are you trying to kill us?!
#bcpoli #bced @bcndp.bsky.social
These charts are stunning. No freakin' wonder healthcare is strained, workplace and school absences are up, etc.
Holy hell, this is all AIRBORNE. #MaskUp FFS. @doctorsofbc.bsky.social - are you trying to kill us?!
#bcpoli #bced @bcndp.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
4/ We are more sick from EVERYTHING.
These charts are stunning. No freakin' wonder healthcare is strained, workplace and school absences are up, etc.
Holy hell, this is all AIRBORNE. #MaskUp FFS. @doctorsofbc.bsky.social - are you trying to kill us?!
#bcpoli #bced @bcndp.bsky.social
These charts are stunning. No freakin' wonder healthcare is strained, workplace and school absences are up, etc.
Holy hell, this is all AIRBORNE. #MaskUp FFS. @doctorsofbc.bsky.social - are you trying to kill us?!
#bcpoli #bced @bcndp.bsky.social
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3/ So, here are the Flu A case counts each year and year-to-date.
So, way down at the bottom is pre-pandemic range and mean. It's THOUSANDS of cases lower than every other year shown. THOUSANDS.😱
Since COVID: You're sicker than you think™️
So, way down at the bottom is pre-pandemic range and mean. It's THOUSANDS of cases lower than every other year shown. THOUSANDS.😱
Since COVID: You're sicker than you think™️
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
3/ So, here are the Flu A case counts each year and year-to-date.
So, way down at the bottom is pre-pandemic range and mean. It's THOUSANDS of cases lower than every other year shown. THOUSANDS.😱
Since COVID: You're sicker than you think™️
So, way down at the bottom is pre-pandemic range and mean. It's THOUSANDS of cases lower than every other year shown. THOUSANDS.😱
Since COVID: You're sicker than you think™️
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Great to see this sympathetic overview article in the LA Times
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Great to see this sympathetic overview article in the LA Times
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
www.latimes.com/doctors-scie...
It's long so many if not most patients probably won't agree with every sentence but overall gets across a lot sympathetically.
Note: it doesn't focus on any particular news
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME
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Amplifying because seriously - why does The Ottawa Hospital not have a mask mandate?
I can't believe our small local hospital has a mask mandate and I'm at a hospital in Ottawa and almost no one is masking
There have anyone been daily warning about the current flu strain, the vaccine mismatch, and how the children's hospital is over capacity...
No flu for me please!
There have anyone been daily warning about the current flu strain, the vaccine mismatch, and how the children's hospital is over capacity...
No flu for me please!
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Amplifying because seriously - why does The Ottawa Hospital not have a mask mandate?
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I spoke to the people who continue to shape their lives around avoiding [cholera/typhoid/dysentery] and only drinking ‘clean’ water
I spoke to the people who continue to shape their lives around avoiding Covid and only breathing ‘clean’ air
‘Refusing to mask during an ongoing pandemic is absolutely violent and it’s undeniably participating in social murder.’
For @telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
‘Refusing to mask during an ongoing pandemic is absolutely violent and it’s undeniably participating in social murder.’
For @telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
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December 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I spoke to the people who continue to shape their lives around avoiding [cholera/typhoid/dysentery] and only drinking ‘clean’ water
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“We have been asking them and insist that they invest in measuring the air quality in those spaces, schools and school buses, and not leaving it as something for which school boards have to pull from an already overstretched budget,” @mjnabuurs.bsky.social says.
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu, but they don't have to be: Ontario School Safety
The volunteer organization Ontario School Safety is calling on the provincial government to improve air quality in schools as flu spreads.
ottawa.citynews.ca
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“We have been asking them and insist that they invest in measuring the air quality in those spaces, schools and school buses, and not leaving it as something for which school boards have to pull from an already overstretched budget,” @mjnabuurs.bsky.social says.
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s...
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Lots of clinically vulnerable people still need to mask for good medical reasons. "See one, wear one" is the compassionate response. I look forward to a Green, inclusive society with #CleanAir solutions in place in hospitals, schools & workplaces to stop the spread of airborne infectious diseases.
I mask because the science shows we need layered mitigations. The research shows covid is airborne. The evidence in the covid inquiry shows they knew it was airborne from day 1.
#TruthWillOut
#TruthWillOut
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Lots of clinically vulnerable people still need to mask for good medical reasons. "See one, wear one" is the compassionate response. I look forward to a Green, inclusive society with #CleanAir solutions in place in hospitals, schools & workplaces to stop the spread of airborne infectious diseases.
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Didn’t set out to make Covid Year Six our longest yet but then again it’s not every year all your mortal enemies—people who’ve been subjects of the podcast’s ire for nearly its entire run—all get drafted into the government at once to take a sledgehammer to anything they can find
In our latest, we look back at 2025, a year where normalization slipped into naturalization, as a cadre of villains who rose to prominence on the back of covid denial took the reins of the federal government to play out their revenge fantasies.
It’s Covid Year Six.
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It’s Covid Year Six.
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Covid Year Six (12/15/25) | The Death Panel
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December 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Didn’t set out to make Covid Year Six our longest yet but then again it’s not every year all your mortal enemies—people who’ve been subjects of the podcast’s ire for nearly its entire run—all get drafted into the government at once to take a sledgehammer to anything they can find
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Look, if you're willing to concede that masking in health care settings is reasonable, then masking outside of such settings is hardly zealotry, since respiratory pathogens and the people vulnerable to them exist outside of health care settings, too.
It’s not a refusal to re-enter society.
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
It’s not shaping your life around Covid avoidance.
It’s adaptation. It’s a desire to protect health. It’s being willing to accept that things change, and masking & clean air are the way forward.
Mass death & disability is not normal
December 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Look, if you're willing to concede that masking in health care settings is reasonable, then masking outside of such settings is hardly zealotry, since respiratory pathogens and the people vulnerable to them exist outside of health care settings, too.
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Canadians, sign this petition to stop the use of the Notwithstanding clause against trans Canadians.
This is about provinces denying human rights, because trans rights are human rights.
SIGN.
This is about provinces denying human rights, because trans rights are human rights.
SIGN.
Petition e-7027 - Petitions
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December 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Canadians, sign this petition to stop the use of the Notwithstanding clause against trans Canadians.
This is about provinces denying human rights, because trans rights are human rights.
SIGN.
This is about provinces denying human rights, because trans rights are human rights.
SIGN.
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Actually, "Collectively, these findings [should] highlight the critical role of" masking in hospitals -
Actually, "Collectively, these findings [should] highlight the critical role of" masking in hospitals -
Study finds that despite broad COVID vaccine availability, COVID still deadlier than #flu in hospitalized patients
A #COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
A #COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Actually, "Collectively, these findings [should] highlight the critical role of" masking in hospitals -
Actually, "Collectively, these findings [should] highlight the critical role of" masking in hospitals -
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Study finds that despite broad COVID vaccine availability, COVID still deadlier than #flu in hospitalized patients
A #COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
A #COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Study finds that despite broad COVID vaccine availability, COVID still deadlier than #flu in hospitalized patients
A #COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
A #COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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Hell no, but maskers do bow out of things because of lack of mitigations, so I’d argue it’s the non-maskers preventing us living our lives.
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Hell no, but maskers do bow out of things because of lack of mitigations, so I’d argue it’s the non-maskers preventing us living our lives.
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'“Basically, I wish we’d learned more from our experiences with COVID than we seem to have,” she said.'
clean your air, wear a mask where you can, get vaxxed even if the government makes it hard, and pay attention to airborne trends. we don't have to do this every winter
clean your air, wear a mask where you can, get vaxxed even if the government makes it hard, and pay attention to airborne trends. we don't have to do this every winter
December 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
'“Basically, I wish we’d learned more from our experiences with COVID than we seem to have,” she said.'
clean your air, wear a mask where you can, get vaxxed even if the government makes it hard, and pay attention to airborne trends. we don't have to do this every winter
clean your air, wear a mask where you can, get vaxxed even if the government makes it hard, and pay attention to airborne trends. we don't have to do this every winter
Anything you can do, I can do masked
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Anything you can do, I can do masked
Well, almost!
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December 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Anything you can do, I can do masked
open.substack.com/pub/livingwi...
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You may not know who is pregnant at a holiday gathering. Many people do not disclose this information (I didn’t tell anyone other than family until I was almost 6 months pregnant with my daughter due to earlier losses, and I didn’t show early).
Please stay home if you are sick.
Please stay home if you are sick.
The current circulating strain(s) of influenza are causing severe morbidity & deaths in pregnant people and young children.
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
December 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
You may not know who is pregnant at a holiday gathering. Many people do not disclose this information (I didn’t tell anyone other than family until I was almost 6 months pregnant with my daughter due to earlier losses, and I didn’t show early).
Please stay home if you are sick.
Please stay home if you are sick.
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