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cjhajer.bsky.social
Listen to me closely. Wear a good mask. Protect your brain. You do not want to "live" like I do.

#CovidDamagesBrains
#StillAPandemic
#FluCanKill
#MasksWork so wear the best one you can.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
kimberlyratliff.bsky.social
Stay home when you're sick (if you're able -- it's unjust that not all jobs offer paid sick time), and if you must go out while sick, wear a mask. Pro tip: if you wear a mask every time you go out, even when you're not sick, you'll be sick much less often.
#MaskUp #WearAMask #MasksWork
durhamhealthnc.bsky.social Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 11d
If it seems like everyone is sick right now, it’s because a lot of people are sick right now. You might not know what sickness you’re experiencing, but no matter what, it’s important to stay home to give your body time to recover and to avoid infecting others, & wear masks if you have to go out!
“It seems like everyone is sick right now. What’s going around?” It could be COVID-19...Remember that false negative COVID-19 tests (tests saying you don’t have COVID-19 when you actually do) are very common. Take at least one more test, 48 hours later. Taking more is even better! It could be the flu or RSV...Rates of flu and RSV increase, and both can be very serious. Last year was the deadliest year for flu in North Carolina since reporting began in 2009. All people age 6 months or older should be vaccinated for the flu. Talk to your doctor about RSV vaccination if you are pregnant, have an infant, or are age 50 or older. It could be something else! But even if it’s “just a cold”… Stay home and away from others as much as possible. This helps protect others and gives your body the chance to rest enough to fully recover. Wear masks if you have to go out, in order to protect others. Be sure to also mask if you are still healthy, in order to avoid catching whatever is going around!
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
kimberlyratliff.bsky.social
More people are dying of the flu in North Carolina this year. Reduce risk by wearing a respirator mask while sharing indoor air with people who don't live with you.
Low-cost buying guide: linktr.ee/buymasks
Request free masks from your local Mask Bloc: maskbloc.org

#MaskUp #WearAMask #MasksWork
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
llyrkellow.bsky.social
#GetVaccinated #MasksWork
@canadahealthwatch.ca
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
kimberlyratliff.bsky.social
If you need respirator masks for you/your kids this flu season, and can afford to buy them, here's a low-cost guide (US): linktr.ee/buymasks
If you can't afford them, contact your nearest Mask Bloc for free respirator masks: maskbloc.org

#MaskUp #WearAMask #MasksWork #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsntOver
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 17d
Deadly 'super' flu surge forces schools to close and triggers mask mandates across the US

The CDC estimates between 1.9 million and 3.3 million Americans have had the flu since October, with 19,000–38,000 hospitalisations. Rising cases have led to some states reinstating mask mandates in hospitals.
A Daily Mail news card preview showing the headline: “Deadly ‘super’ flu surge forces schools to close and triggers mask mandates across the US,” written by Cassidy Morrison. The featured photo shows a busy outdoor area with many people walking and standing close together. Most are wearing face masks, including a man in a black jacket and beanie at the center, and several women dressed for cool weather. Bright, colorful storefronts and blurred street lights are visible in the background, suggesting a busy city environment. The timestamp reads “Daily Mail · 3h.”
December 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
donatemask.bsky.social
Did you know? Donate A Mask issues tax receipts for donations! 🧾 If you #donate today, your gift will be matched—doubling its impact! 🎉

donatemask.ca/fundraiser

#GivingTuesdayCa #StillMasking #MasksWork
donatemask.ca
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
donatemask.bsky.social
Spread kindness, not viruses. 💙 Make a donation during our #GivingTuesday campaign to double your impact. Help us send more #masks to people who need them. 😷

donatemask.ca/fundraiser

#GivingTuesdayCa #donate #MasksWork
Photo of a young woman putting on a white duckbill N95 respirator mask. She is wearing a yellow winter coat and backpack. Donate A Mask Canada and Giving Tuesday logos are at the top of the photo. "Donate Today to Make a Difference. Your $10 donation allows ut to ship a box of masks to someone to help them stay stafe. donatemask.ca/fundraiser"
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
donatemask.bsky.social
Spread health this holiday season. ✨ For #GivingTuesday, every donation until December 14 will be doubled. 🎉 That means twice as many #masks for people who need them! 😷

💙 donatemask.ca/fundraiser

#GivingTuesdayCa #StillCoviding #MasksWork
Photo of an older couple wearing white duckbill N95 respirators. They are both looking down at a cellphone. Donate A Mask and Giving Tuesday logos at the top right of the photo. "Donate Today to Make a Difference. Your $20 donation allows us to ship a box of masks to protect an entire household!"
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
m00psy.bsky.social
#MasksWork
m00psy.bsky.social chadzia dax 🔞😷 @m00psy.bsky.social · Nov 25
the good thing is that N95 respirators have been proven to be incredibly effective protection against covid and other airborne diseases.

it’s not too late to start wearing them in places with shared air again if you stopped. every infection avoided and chain of transmission broken counts.
vinguptamd.bsky.social Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · Nov 24
For years, some of us have fought back against terrible misinformation that somehow attributed Covid vaccines to a big risk of heart problems.

It’s always been Covid infection, not the Covid vaccine.

Yet another study revealing the truth:

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/w...

#medsky
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
m00psy.bsky.social
i have a lot of these symptoms and i promise you, you don’t want them if you can avoid them.

luckily, wearing an elastomeric mask like an N95 or a KN95 will go a long way toward that goal because #MasksWork!
tomkindlon.bsky.social Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · Nov 11
(Repeat from a few months ago)
"Most Troubling Symptoms"

#MEcfs #LongCovid

1/
Most Troubling Symptoms ME/CFS Long COVID Fatigue or low energy 95.62% 88.28% Feeling worse after normal exertion (PEM) 89.74% 79.39% Brain Fog 80.05% 72.33% Un-refreshing sleep 74.45% 55.28% Memory problems 54.07% 50.83% Fast, fluttering or pounding heartbeat 38.49% 47.11% Feeling of weakness 57.27% 43.61% Shortness of Breath 31.48% 40.44% Insomnia 47.29% 40.17% Headache or Migraine 45.32% 40.06% Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia (POTS) 41.04% 40.00% Lightheadedness or dizziness 42.64% 38.50% Sore/painful muscles 53.69% 34.11% Chest Pain 17.27% 31.39% Tinnitus 27.67% 31.11% Other digestive problems 44.00% 29.06% Numbness or tingling 25.36% 26.39% Joint pain or swelling 31.62% 24.44% Stiff or painful neck 38.45% 24.17% Cold or discolored hands/feet 28.89% 23.11% Balance problems or sense of room spinning 26.16% 22.56% Muscle twitches, spasms, or fasciculations 27.25% 20.39% External or internal tremors (\vibrations\) 20.71% 20.17% Nausea and/or Vomiting 25.55% 19.89% Sore throat, fever or flu-like symptoms 32.94% 19.72% Shooting, stabbing or burning pain 24.56% 19.06% Disordered taste / smell 9.04% 15.61%
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
cjhajer.bsky.social
Absolutely this!!

#MasksWork so wear the best one you can. You don't want to be sick for a parade.
rocket57.bsky.social Rocket57 🇨🇦 @rocket57.bsky.social · Oct 31
If you’re going to the Skydome tonight, wearing a decent mask isn’t a bad idea.
No shortage of illness ripping through the Jays’ fan base right now.
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
mackayim.bsky.social
#MasksWork.
But sometimes humans don't.
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
mackayim.bsky.social
#MasksWork.
But sometimes humans don't.
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
avk.bsky.social
Anti-mask fan-fic has migrated into the pulp romance genre.

#WearAMask #MasksWork
November 17, 2024 at 8:59 AM
cjhajer.bsky.social
Texas 628 confirmed cases of measles
Ontario: 655 confirmed cases of measles (4 days ago)

Texas population: 31.3 million
Ontario population: 14.2 million

Read these numbers and weep. Better yet...get vaccinated.

#MeaslesIsAirborne and #MasksWork
#MeaslesKillsAndDisables
#VaccinesSaveLives
nothoodlum.bsky.social Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · Apr 6
Confirmed cases of measles
in the US.

2020: 13

2021: 49

2022: 121

2023: 59

2024: 285

Total cases: 527 (5-years)

2025: (first 90 days)
628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.
April 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
ceceme.bsky.social
My family as well! #maskswork
February 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
maarvaandor.bsky.social
“Remember when you said to mask kids”

Yeah.
If we’d leaned into masking kids, scrubbing the air in schools and daycare with CORSI-Rosenthal devices, and other layers of air filtration, we likely wouldn’t be seeing so many kids coming down with pneumonia and other diseases right now.

#MasksWork
December 7, 2024 at 1:08 AM
m00psy.bsky.social
note that this is protection against hospitalization only.

our current covid vaccines and boosters dont prevent transmission and only reduce the chances of long covid by about 30%.

even if you don’t get LC from one infection, it still causes cumulative damage.

#MasksWork #CovidIsntOver
windowseat.bsky.social Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · Jun 7
"The CDC cited international data showing that for seniors, protection against hospitalization drops from 53% within 59 days to 38% between days 60–119. It falls to 19% between days 120–179 and offers little to no protection after 180 days."
chantzy.bsky.social Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · Jun 7
Taiwan shortens COVID shot interval to 2 months for seniors, Indigenous aged 55–64, and immunosuppressed people

www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6129174
June 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
larsmb.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
Still haven't had #COVID19, ever.

(It's conceivable that I've been asymptomatic, but given how sensitive my immune system normally is and that I still test, rather unlikely.)

It's almost as if #MasksWork and it didn't have to be "inevitable"? 🤷
September 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
christygibson.bsky.social
It must be frustrating to be backpedaling so hard and then get slammed with receipts. #MasksWork #CovidIsAirborne
frozen.bsky.social Tom Jackman @frozen.bsky.social · Jan 31
TFW you give a talk about rewriting history in which you, wait for it, rewrite some history.

Dr. Henry claims she's always been nuanced about value of masks and about how COVID is spread, but the record says otherwise.
January 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
gordkerr1.bsky.social
Masks make a difference.

#MasksWork
#CovidIsNotOver
#H5N1
Pic of how masking works to reduce risk of virus transmission.
November 17, 2024 at 3:54 PM
m00psy.bsky.social
don’t risk it. #MasksWork ( #KN95OrBetter especially)
November 25, 2024 at 3:13 AM
maarvaandor.bsky.social
#StillCoviding
#MasksWork
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December 15, 2024 at 8:37 PM
kirbyglover.bsky.social
This thread is solid fucking gold. Wear a mask and protect yourself and those around you! #MaskUp #YallMasking #MasksWork
jeffgilchrist.bsky.social Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · Feb 3
How respirators & filters actually work and which type is best?

I see many claims that masks/filters don't work. This document will explain *how* they block viruses much smaller than the size of the holes in the filter and why you can still smell nasty things while wearing effective masks. 🧪🧵1/
Diagram showing size comparison of white blood cell, red blood cell, light dust particle and COVID-19 virus. Neutral Styrofoam pieces sticking to a cat with statically charged fur.
February 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM