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Brian (Stuttering Loudly)
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Person who stutters. Neurodivergent.

Certified in #TEFL English Teaching

Former #MentalHealth / #Disability Worker (2015-2022)

#Immunocompromised 😷 #AplasticAnemia 🦴

#COVIDinformed 😷 #DisabilityJustice 🗣️

#ProWrestling fan

#IStandWithMelissaSchuman 💜
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This is why respirator masks should be mandatory for both visitors & staff in hospitals

It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection

Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)

There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸

#KeepMasksInHealthcare
< Top Stories @ CBCNEWS Measles exposure possible at 2 Vaughan locations, public health agency warns Confirmed case is the 5th connected to an outbreak declared on Sept. 4, agency says Posted: September 18, 2025 3:24 PM EDT Last Updated: 3 hours ago Gabriela Silva Ponte, CBC News York Region Public Health is notifying the public of a possible measles exposure connected to a confirmed case of the virus in Vaughan. Anyone who has visited the following locations at the times listed may have been exposed, the agency said in a media release Thursday. • Kids Club Toronto at 3377 Bathurst St., Toronto, between 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sept. 12. • Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital Emergency Room at 3200 Major Mackenzie Drive W., between 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 15 to 12:35 a.m. on Sept.16.
September 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Sci fi / horror conventions are requiring masks in 2025 but disability related conferences continue to refuse to consider masks & some even refuse to have virtual options

If you refuse to accommodate #immunocompromised people, you’re not as “inclusive” / “accessible” as you think you are

#ableism
• www.gaylaxiconmn.org COVID-19 SAFETY AND POLICIES Your health and safety are our highest priorities at Gaylaxicon 2025. We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming convention experience for all attendees. Please check this page for updates, as our guidelines may be updated based on evolving public health recommendations and requirements. Our COVID-19 policies for Gaylaxicon 2025 are as follows: • Masks: Masks covering your nose and mouth are required in all convention spaces, including registration, panel rooms, and gaming areas, with the following exceptions: • While performing or presenting on a panel • In the ConSuite and other designated eating spaces • Briefly in masked spaces for sipping a beverage • In non-convention areas of the hotel (ample open seating is available outside of convention spaces for eating and socializing without masks) • Preferred Masks: High-quality masks such as N95, KN95, and KF94 are strongly encouraged. For more information on types of masks, please see CDC mask guidance.
September 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Tw*tter thread posted by @*Clean_Air_Club_ (without asterisk). Tweet reads: As expected, Columbia University's mask ban is being enforced against students wearing masks for medical reasons (even though the ban itself claims to make an exception). The tweet includes a screenshot of a Reddit post: r/legaladvice • 22 hr. ago College forcing me to remove my medical mask in order to be on campus. [NY] School Related Issues I have a weak immune system and three upcoming surgeries, so I wear a medical mask everyday. My college (Columbia University) has implemented a mask ban on campus and sometimes security refuses to let me enter without removing my mask completely. The policy on masks states that medical masks are always allowed, though I might be asked to provide identification. Each time I've been stopped, I've provided both my Columbia ID and State ID and I'm still denied from campus. It's gotten so bad that I asked my Disability Services manager if I can register my mask as a disability accommodation. l've also talked to Public Safety and they've just been ignoring the issue. My question: Is there anything I can legally do about this? Do I have any legal grounds to sue or is this something I have to just put up with since it's Columbia property? LocALT New York 10:08 AM • 2025-09-16 • 87K Views 25 1.1K 4.3K 268 Relevant v View quotes > AIR Clean Air Club @Clean_Air_Club_•8h ... When the student followed up with Disability Services, they were told that masks "couldn't be registered as a disability accommodation." Not only is this false, it's not how accommodations work: a doctor makes the rec, Disability Services implements it when reasonably able to.
September 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Twitter thread by @holo_cene Jo i'd always thought that, at some point in the next 10 years, the scandal would break, with headlines about covid damage, acknowledging how dangerous a virus it is, and that people that once saw me as a freak would look back and understand i wasn't, but now i'm not so sure. 25 1 67 608 Ill 9K 企 holocene @holo_cene •3h i think the global health decline will be subtle and ignored, and that, since 100% of the population has been infected, it won't even be noticed nor acknowledged by health officials. or at least it won't be linked directly to covid, but to a variety of others causes. 3 セ9 135 Ilnl 976 holocene @holo_cene.3h which is a terrifying picture to me. because i always thought at some point people would finally understand that i was right taking all these precautions, that some kind of official news would validate the catastrophe we're all witnessing. 1 127 133 Ihl 1.2K 企 holocene @holo_cene .3h people will just get used to being sick all the time and their health declining. they're already used to it by now. they just quietly accept it and, because of how subtle it is, they don't even realize it. ...
September 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Han @spoonfulofhan X.com Ask the disabled Ask non-white people Ask the LGBTQ Ask any marginalized community because we've been living it for a long time. This isn't new. ThePersistence & @ScottPresler•1d How do you coexist with people that want to murder you? 6:34 PM • 2025-09-11 • 1.2K Views
September 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Not that this wasn’t already true before

But it became MORE of a reality for people due to COVID & the removal of mask mandates in 2022

This prevented (and still prevents) disabled / #immunocompromised / chronically ill people from accessing spaces safely

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Han @spoonfulofhan X.com Research has shown that disabled people are three to four times more likely to die by suicide than non-disabled people. Please check on your loved ones and carry compassion with you. 11:29 AM • 2025-09-10 • 8.8K Views
September 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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ALTH CaliforniaCodes @CaliforniaCodes X.com The right to wear health masks in California passed this adds protection for any future efforts to push bans or anti mask laws F# 354. 27-1 Assembly 3rd Reading AB1326 Ahrens By Becker 4:11 Vote Required: 21 Y Allen Choi Y Limón Y Rubio N Alvarado-Gil Y Cortese McGuire Seyarto Y Archuleta Dahle Y McNerney Y Smallwood-Cuevas Y Arreguin Y Durazo Y Menjivar Stern Y Ashby Y Gonzalez Niello Strickland Y Becker Y Grayson Ochoa Bogh Y Umberg Y Blakespear Grove Y Padilla Valladares Cabaldon Y Hurtado Y Pérez. Y Wahab Y Caballero Jones Y Reyes Y Weber Pierson Y Cervantes Y Laird Y Richardson Y Wiener 7:42 PM • 2025-09-08 • 28K Views
September 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Full article: www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
Photo of a girl sneezing into her elbow (Image: Getty Images) Parents have been warned that the majority of children who tested positive for Covid-19 could suffer from blood vessel damage which can lead to several frightening conditions. Article continues below AD Scientists in the US conducted research into kids with the bug and found that a "high proportion" of those with the infection had raised levels of a biomarker linked to vascular trauma - a blood vessel injury.
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Full article: www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
= Mirror INYOURAREA FUNERAL NOTICES SHOP COMPETITIONS DA Parents issued grim health warning for any children who test positive for Covid Scientists have revealed another side effect of Covid-19 which can mainly effect children and teenagers - it comes after they launched a study to see the impact the bug had on cardiovascular health 14 NEWS By Monica Charley News Reporter 10:22, 28 Oct 2023
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Salvatore Mattera @SalvMattera •1d g One minimizer lie that I see even many Long COVID people fall for is the idea that COVID is just a cold for "some people" . There is no evidence for this. No study has ever demonstrated this in any way 14 t7253 1.4K 1hl 27K Salvatore Mattera @SalvMattera •1d G Just because people recover from COVID and think they are fine doesn't mean anything. They may have elevated cholesterol they aren't aware of. They may have low testosterone they haven't detected. They may have subtle immune system damage, or brain damage they aren't aware of 2 1723 190 Ill 1.8K Salvatore Mattera @SalvMattera •1d C In fact, there are many studies that indicate exactly this. For example, one study in the UK found that people infected with COVID thought they were fine but in reality had detectable brain damage (ignore the part that says "up to" and replace it with "at least"): New analysis from Imperial's human challenge study of COVID-19 has revealed subtle differences in the memory and cognition scores of healthy volunteers infected with SARS-CoV-2, which lasted up to a year after infection. 1 1223 161 企 企
September 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Already a measles outbreak in the Toronto Area, 2 days after kids went back to school

Pls get the MMR vaxx & wear a mask for the best protection

Respirator masks (especially N95s) protect against any airborne virus, including measles & COVID

COVID cases are also ⬆️

#COVIDinformed

#AirborneAware
CityNews Everywhere Measles outbreak declared in Vaughan ••• munizations ~ A dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination awaits the next patient during a vaccine clinic at Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ont. on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Geoff Robins By Joseph Ryan Posted September 4, 2025 3:57 pm. Last Updated September 4, 2025 3:58 pm. York Region Public Health has declared a measles outbreak in Vaughan after confirming four cases of the virus. Health officials say the outbreak occurred at Becker's Convenience Store, located at 7241 Bathurst Street.
September 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Angela M. Vázquez made Q thei... thei... X.com @AngelaMSWinCA Disabled people warned you that - back to normal - you do you - vax and relax - personal risk was really x- eugenics x- capitulation to fascism X - manufactured consent to be harmed. Welcome to being the vulnerable.
September 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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elly belle • •_ (they/them) @literElly X.com yeah I'm seeing a whole lot of eugenics lately from people who mask and care about airborn safety, wishing illness on people (which doesn't help anyone, that will inevitably affect vulnerable people too!) on top of racism. not great! there is no single "litmus test." Persephone @citrusdriad •9h Not every Covid cautious person who you see with mask on avatar is a good person. Racist, sexist, ableist people sometimes also don't wanna get sick... 3:27 PM • 2025-09-04 • 456 Views
September 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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One Day at a Time @CarissaCaples My political views are mostly that I want people to be alive and have what they need. Apparently that's controversial.
September 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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An IG post by Sarah Michelle Gellar, posted yesterday

This was included in a carousel w/ pics from the last 3 weeks

She is taking a selfie in front of a mirror while wearing a white KN95 mask

She is on set of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale”

#MasksSaveLives #KN95sWork #KN95sSaveLives
An IG post by Sarah Michelle Gellar, posted yesterday. This pic was included in a carousel with pics from the last 3 weeks. She is taking a selfie in front of a mirror while wearing a white KN95 mask. She is on set of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale”.
September 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Protected from airborne viruses while going for a walk & repping some of my faves 🤩

Outdoors is lower risk but not zero risk

COVID 🦠 moves like smoke 💨

Protect yourself outside especially in crowded areas 😷

Surge will ⬆️ as kids are back at school

#COVIDinformed

#AirborneAware

#KN95sSaveLives
Me wearing a Saraya hat and a Ruby Riott / Liv Morgan shirt, while wearing a white CAN95 mask.
September 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Dana Parish & @danaparish X.com Welcome to college in the age of endless SARS, where zero public health means students warn students on message boards. just called and told me that everyone at school has Covid. 1 Reply How is he He said that students are actually writing notes on this message board that people should start masking up because Covid is so rapid 10:12 AM • 2025-09-01 • 55K Views
September 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Hana Katana X =....1d Am I wrong or did people used to have more empathy for people with cancer? A lot of the people who advocate for masking are cancer patients, cancer survivors, or at high risk of getting cancer but anti-maskers are so fkn rude and ableist to them 12 t, 180 1K Ill 14K 个 Hana Katana X @KatanaSpeaks =M.... X.com It's like people hear "immunocompromised" and all the empathy in their body fades away... Nobody is disposable. Everyone is worthy of care and deserves a chance at survival. 5:28 PM • 2025-09-01 • 981 Views
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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I use The Weather Network app

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6:241 100› Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) Toronto, ON Updated on Tuesday, September 2, 5:00 pm Current 3 Low Risk At Risk Population ENJOY your usual outdoor activities. General Population IDEAL air quality for outdoor activities. Forecast Maximums Wednesday 4 Moderate Risk Wednesday Night 4 Moderate Risk Thureau
September 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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vivi @liaojellies X.com i need to stop crying but oh my god. i am so angry at the world for how we have handled covid. i am angry because all of this grief is unnecessary. the governments have failed us unnecessarily. this have all could've been prevented, so many lives lost for no reason. i am hurting 5:29 PM • 2025-08-31 • 14K Views
September 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Created a new lock screen to celebrate #PriscillaKelly becoming a triple champion 😁🤩

#RAW #WWERAW

#GigiDolin #WrestleSky #ProWrestling

#IndyWrestling #IndieWrestling #WomensWrestling
Lock Screen with 3 pics of Priscilla Kelly. She’s holding a championship belt with an orange strap and silver plates on the top left, and a championship with a blue strap and gold plates on the bottom left. She’s holding a championship belt with a black strap and gold plates on the right.
September 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Masked Rogue @unMaskedRogue X.com "Why are disabled people asking me to mask instead of demanding clean air from government and corporations?" Because governments and corporations decided, long ago, that disabled people were expendable. Sadly, but not surprisingly, so did you. 11:41 AM • 2025-08-30 • 12K Views
August 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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August 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Have you tried contacting Mask Bloc Toronto?
August 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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King of Cups @stichedstars X.com a lot of disabled people are DEEPLY ableist and they would rather die before admitting it to themselves. 8:46 PM • 2025-08-24 • 9.5K Views
August 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM